Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!onion!brueer!ralph 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. Lines: 23 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 ?? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ralph Mitchell | VOICE: +44 895 74000 Ext 2561 Computer Centre | ARPA: ralph%ee.brunel.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa Brunel University | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!ee.brunel.ac.uk!ralph Uxbridge | JANET: ralph@uk.ac.brunel.ee UB8 3PH | UNITED KINGDOM | "Noli illegitemi carborundum" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=