I do have my MITS Basic license, so.. Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Aug 20, 2015 2:48 PM, "Jay Jaeger" <cu...@charter.net> wrote:
> > > 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. >
