On Tue, 2013-09-10 at 14:14 +0100, Jon Ribbens wrote: […] > Only, I think, because lawyers tend to err on the side of what they > perceive as caution rather than having any confidence that their > advice is actually correct.
Indeed. Most are usually interested in winning, and making money, not in doing the "right thing" (whatever that is). > You mean, was this computer program code written over 70 years ago or > by somebody who died over 70 years ago? It doesn't seem very likely. Not always. As I understand it, if there is a copyright violation that the copyright owner fails to act against, it can lead to the material being deemed to be in the public domain. But IANAL. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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