Thorsten Günther
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In Topic: Source for LOGO cartridges (full "teacher" pack with manual)?
Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:39 AM
R4ngerM4n, on Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:06 AM, said:
Thorsten Günther, on Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:25 AM, said:
"eightiesvault" on eBay only has one copy, and as "7734graham" won't ship to Europe,
What quantities are we talking about?
I haven't asked in the ABBUC forum yet (due to the fact that I am searching for a seller currently), but my guess is about 5 to 10 copies.
Thorsten
In Topic: Atari legal actions against emulators continue
Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:57 AM
griz, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:52 AM, said:
I'm curious.
Old Atari games likely define one of the original origins of abandonware.
Is the original copyright holder allowed to suddenly start selling the same binaries decades later on a new platform?
Could this mean Adandonware doesn't really exist?
Old Atari games likely define one of the original origins of abandonware.
Is the original copyright holder allowed to suddenly start selling the same binaries decades later on a new platform?
Could this mean Adandonware doesn't really exist?
Abandonware is not a legal term, it's a colloquial term to describe the behaviour of companies and programmers to lose interest in their copyrighted material after a certain time - e.g. after the hardware platform went obsolete and no further money could be gained or after the game flopped. Atari do have the right to persecute copyright infringements of their games and ROMs, but if you leave out ROMs (the 2600 doesn't even include a ROM), emulators (without games - other than freeware titles - bundled) do not infringe their copyright. And of course they can not revoke the permission they gave to Darek Mihocka, so there already is a source for legal OS ROMs on the web.
The copyright to intellectual property usually expires several years after the author's death.
Thorsten
