On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 1:13 AM, VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO <
vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br> wrote:

> >
> > Now this is interesting...
> >
> > Does anything supersede Copyright Law?
> >
> > What if I release my work as Anonymous with
> > no text in regards to licensing?
> >
> > Does anyone wanting to use that work in OpenBSD
> > actually have to track down who "Anonymous" was?
> > Does the code become useless if its ownership
> > cannot be transferred? In other words.. is there no
> > such thing as genuine "public domain"?
> >
> >
>
> I don't know for certain, but I believe that in the United States
> a work whithout copyright notices goes to the public domain after
> 25 years.
>

I know the material Disney was protecting in 1999-2000 was only
protected for 50 years, and old (outdated) versions of The Mouse
were about to hit public domain. They played a large hand, along
with Time Warner, for the acceptance of the DMCA. I believe this
New Millennium law pushes it out to 100 years..

Shucks.. I really wanted to get a legal Steamboat Willy tattoo.
Guess I'll have to pay for the knock-off.

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