Re: Multitudes of Apple II games might now be public domain

[pg@sff.net (Paul Guertin)]

On 12 Feb 1999 06:39:41 GMT, cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2) wrote:

> I received an email containing the following:: "current copyright law states
> that any out-of-production game with a copyright older than 2 years, I believe,
> becomes public domain--or so I was told."   You can check this for accuracy by
> reviewing the Copyright Information Act of 1995.  Look it up!  You'll be
> astounded.  If this proves to be accurate, Wille Yeo is going to have a lot of
> entries to make in his web site. reclassification project, that I stimulated
> him into the development and creation of in the past.
> 
> Just think of the multitude of such games that exist for the Apple II
> models. Sometimes the government does seem to work for the needs of the masses
> after all.  And, it looks like some of the Apple II ftp sites like Asimov and
> ACN just might have more public domain titles than they realize they have.  
> 
> Any comments on this?
> 
> Cheers,
> Tom

Do not feed the troll.

Paul Guertin
pg@sff.net