[Coco] Legal to put ALL Coco software (and other obsolete micros) up for download?
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
dennis-iii at maltedmedia.com
Fri Dec 1 12:10:33 EST 2006
At 11:07 AM 12/1/06 -0600, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/internet_archive_copyright_reprieve/
>Mentions that the Internet archive is allowed to put up for download
>anything running a machine which is no longer manufactured and that the
>media is not easy to get (5&1/4" disks, anyone?). If my interpretation is
>correct, then it should be legal to put all software up, yes?
If I read this correctly the other day, it appeared to be a singular
exemption for website content that had disappeared. The copyright office
held hearings last year on orphan works, but I haven't seen a more general
document yet.
Dennis
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