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From: ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: copyright and BREAKOUT.ACC
Message-ID: <432@brueer.ee.brunel.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 14-Dec-86 12:10:31 EST
Article-I.D.: brueer.432
Posted: Sun Dec 14 12:10:31 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 22:15:42 EST
References: <8612051453.AA13329@ohio-state.ARPA> <674@water.UUCP>
Reply-To: ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell)
Organization: Dept of EE & E, Brunel University, Uxbridge, U.K.
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In article <674@water.UUCP> ljdickey@water.UUCP (Lee Dickey) writes:
>
>Now, I have a copy of something called "BREAKOUT.ACC".  As far as I can see,
>in the copy that I have, there is no copyright notice. Without that notice,
>should I feel an obligation not to copy it?  I think not.
>
>I would guess that the owners of BREAKOUT.ACC long ago lost their legal
>claim to any protection that copyright might imply under US copyright law.

Can I just ask,  "Are you all talking about the same BREAKOUT.ACC ??"

I mean, if I was to write an accessory to play BREAKOUT, and posted it to
the world without any copyright/PD notice in it, would it cause the same
amount of trouble ??
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