[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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