Will a real copyright lawyer stand up?

[Barry A. Watzman]

As has been stated, copyrights do expire.  It's true, but it's not necessarily relevant to the discussion, because they do not expire until something like 50 years after the copyright holder dies, or after 75 years or so for a corporation.  However for some early kits, the copyright may indeed have expired, because the "life" of copyrights has changed [gotten MUCH longer] over time, and the changes may not have been retroactive.


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From:  Karl Schulte [SMTP:WA2KBZ at AOL.COM]
Sent:  Wednesday, April 21, 1999 9:57 AM
To:  HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject:  Re: Will a real copyright lawyer stand up?

My last and first comment: copyrights expire.  If a copyright owner dies w/o
issue or company folds, so does copyright. They have to be renewed
periodically. A ham making a single copy for non comc'l use would never be
bothered with, especially as the company concerned no longer makes the
related product OR sells the manual for it. They would rather see it done
than be bothered with the requests. Many older books, versions of the Bible,
etc. are available cheaply on CD ROM because of this expiration/non-renewal
of the relavant work. For current editions, translations of the Bible, for
example, you pay more to add or "turn on" them on the disk, because royalties
are involved.  I don't remember the exact period, but an AR3 or DX20 is past
the date.
73
Karl

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