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jumhed posted 24-07-2002 09:57 PM GMT
And if they are, are they commercially available only at cost (i.e cost of tape/disk/cart manufacture and distribution) price. I know that you can buy loads secon-hand online but a chum wants to sell some of this old warehouse stuff that he bought recently at an auction in his shop. VOT IST DER LAW?
AmiDog posted 25-07-2002 10:41 AM GMT
I'm not sure, but I think a software copyright will last 50 years after the product have been produced, or something like that. So by 2040 most C64 software will be free... Until then, it's illegal to download and/or copy C64 software.
akaandy1 posted 25-07-2002 08:41 PM GMT
No, they definitely aren't. Lemon has stopped carrying games because of a legal threat from a particular siftware company (dunno why he didn't either fight it, or just remove the games of that company, but there you go).
gilesjuk posted 23-08-2002 12:09 PM GMT
It's up to the author to state that they are freely distributable. If they don't then assume they are copyrighted.
The way I see it I own lots of the games I download or have done.

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Author	Topic: Are all 8-Bit Games PD?
jumhed	posted 24-07-2002 09:57 PM GMT And if they are, are they commercially available only at cost (i.e cost of tape/disk/cart manufacture and distribution) price. I know that you can buy loads secon-hand online but a chum wants to sell some of this old warehouse stuff that he bought recently at an auction in his shop. VOT IST DER LAW?
AmiDog	posted 25-07-2002 10:41 AM GMT I'm not sure, but I think a software copyright will last 50 years after the product have been produced, or something like that. So by 2040 most C64 software will be free... Until then, it's illegal to download and/or copy C64 software.
akaandy1	posted 25-07-2002 08:41 PM GMT No, they definitely aren't. Lemon has stopped carrying games because of a legal threat from a particular siftware company (dunno why he didn't either fight it, or just remove the games of that company, but there you go).
gilesjuk	posted 23-08-2002 12:09 PM GMT It's up to the author to state that they are freely distributable. If they don't then assume they are copyrighted. The way I see it I own lots of the games I download or have done.