[Coco] Copyright on Rainbow Magazine

[theother_bob]

As far as anybody knows, we still have a legitimate contract for the rights to distribute scanned copies of the Rainbow. The project may be in limbo at this point, but Lonnie was not a man to leave loose ends. It's most likely that one or all of his heirs inherited Lonnie's rights to the Rainbow, and our contract likely transfered right along with it. All this means is that hope is not lost. Hopefully someone is still working on it and the holder of the contract can perform just enough of a role to meet the terms of the contract, which is solely in his name.

Happy Easter everyone!

Bob

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul E. Jones <paulej at arid.us>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:39:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Copyright on Rainbow Magazine

You might be right, but the fact remains that I signed away my right to that
software to Falsoft, Inc.  What I would really like is to have all of the
Rainbow products released into the public domain.  They've served their
commercial purpose and I don't see further value, except as collector's
items.

In looking for Lonnie Falk, I found what many folks on this list probably
already know: he passed away in 2006.  That's truly a shame, as he was a
huge influence on probably most everybody on this list.

Does anybody know his wife, Willo?  She still appears to live at the same
address.  If I were there, I'd drop by.  But I would hate to call out of the
blue.  She doesn't know me from Adam.

His daughter, Wendy MacGreggor, was living in Chicago and a little Googling
suggests that she might be working here now:
http://www.secondharvest.org/about_us/national_staff.html

Seeing the effort to convert the printed magazine into scanned pages, etc.,
really suggests we ought to try to find out the status of this.  If
Falsoft's assets were sold, we might need to know that.  If the company was
just closed and no longer in existence, then perhaps there is no owner to
assert a copyright.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Joef6809
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:37 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Copyright on Rainbow Magazine
> 
> Yea I had something in rainbow and had to sign the same thing. They
> actually
> wouldn't publish it untill I was 18. On the other hand I really doubt
> anyone
> would go after you if you made it avalable for download,
> 
> From Hell's heart I STore Accumulator B at thee!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john guin" <johnguin at hotmail.com>
> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 3:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Copyright on Rainbow Magazine
> 
> 
> > And what is the latest on Rainbow on Disk?  Is this dead in the
> water, or
> > on
> > a back burner somewhere?
> >
> > John Guin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Paul E. Jones
> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:12 AM
> > To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
> > Subject: [Coco] Copyright on Rainbow Magazine
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anybody know who holds the copyright for Rainbow magazine?
> >
> >
> >
> > More specifically, what I am curious about is the rights Rainbow
> granted
> > to
> > subscribers of the software programs published in its magazine.
> Years
> > ago,
> > I published a simple screen saver utility in Rainbow and I still have
> the
> > program, but the contract I signed with Rainbow actually precludes me
> from
> > giving it away.  Perhaps folks might appreciate having it (or a more
> > updated
> > version of it that fixes one bug I found).
> >
> >
> >
> > As the author, the only right I was given to the program by Rainbow
> was
> > for
> > personal use.  That's a bit sad, actually, but I guess that's the
> price to
> > pay to get published.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
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