On 8/20/2015 9:47 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Jay Jaeger <cu...@charter.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8/20/2015 3:32 AM, Randy Dawson wrote: >>> Who picked this up - >>> >>> I may have some cash for the buyer to mate it with my new ASR33, on its way >>> via crate and freight. >>> >>> Anybody got debug and startup tips on the 33, it probably has been siting >>> for a while. >>> (like who has the melted hammer replacements and such, tape and paper >>> sources) >>> >>> I assume all the 8K, 4K BASICs are in public domain by now. The demo for >>> the kids will be the 15 minutes of paper tape, followed by READY. >>> >>> Randy >>> >> >> Bad assumption. Things that were actually registered even if there was >> no notice, or published with a copyright notice would still be protected >> under U.S. copyright. > > Depending on when. If it was published without notice, the key question is > whether publication occurred before Jan 1, 1978, or after. After, notice > does not matter; before, lack of notice means no copyright.
Even before, if it was registered, then it would be covered, even if there was no notice.
