[Coco] [Color Computer] Hot Coco Post Partum

[John R. Hogerhuis]

So the only way to preserve/use Hot Coco articles is 

a) Tracking down and purchasing used copies (no benefit to IDG)
b) Producing infringing copies (no benefit to IDG)
c) Getting authorization to make new copies for free or with royalty to
IDG 

To enforce b) IDG would have to track down only enough agreements to
make it very expensive for the infringer, or to somehow show that
copyright assignment was the general policy.

Unless they could show that copyright assignment was the general policy,
c) will probably not happen because even if IDG wanted to, since it
would be very expensive to track down all the original authors and
advertisers and get copies of the original agreements or to get them to
sign new ones. The problem is that the documents IDG had were lost or
destroyed whether on purpose or on mistake somewhere along the line. But
the loss of documentation does not mean the copyrights were never
assigned, it is clear that in some cases they were.

So a) is the only clear option.

Hopefully this makes it clear to everyone how destructive the copyright
system can be. Civilization is based on building upon the the past. To
lock up the past in legal uncertainty like this is *wrong*, period.
Orphan works/abandonware require special consideration, and hopefully
Congress will fix it.

-- John.



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