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[Tulac]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(velik_m @ Jan 4 2007, 05:32 PM) [snapback]273297[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Jan 4 2007, 01:32 PM) [snapback]273247[/snapback]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Spikey @ Jan 4 2007, 04:52 AM) [snapback]273188[/snapback]

? I thought copyright for US software lasted 50 years after publication.[/b]

75, I believe.
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95 actually.
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*cough* Disney *cough* *cough*

[Japo]

The law isn't differet for Disney, that their games have "unlimited" protection means that, unless they change their minds, they will protect them for all those 95 or whatever years. Anyway I think the figure was different for individual- and corporation-owned copyrights. Like the lifespan of the individual author plus 75 years, or 95 years after creation for corporation-created works, regardless of how long the corporation itself remains in place. It's somewhere in Wikipedia.

[Tulac]

No I meant that Disney is in large responsible for the copyright laws lasting longer.

[Japo]

Ah yes it's true I heard. Hey it can't be too long before Mickey Mouse is released to the public domain, he's like 100 years old, isn't he?

[Tulac]

78 years I think, but I also think that copyright counts after the death of the author.

[Tom Henrik]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Japofran @ Jan 5 2007, 05:24 PM) [snapback]273467[/snapback]</div>

Ah yes it's true I heard. Hey it can't be too long before Mickey Mouse is released to the public domain, he's like 100 years old, isn't he?
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As Tulac coughed out above, (hehe), Disney is responsible for the long duration of which this type of copyright stays under protection of the law. And you just (unknowingly, maybe?) mentioned the reason why. When the Disney busines realized that they would loose their claim to Mickey Mouse, they put pressure on the system to increase the timeframe.

This is also why Disney is considered to have an unlimited protection period, because you can bet any amount of money on that once Mickey is nearing the "retirement" age, they are going to once again fight against it.

And they have good reasons for doing so. Disney is one of the world's biggest corporations, with dealings ranging anywhere from comics to movies, and cruises to family parks. Whatever the entertainment, Disney is there.

However, all of this costs immense amounts of money. Especially the maintenance and extravaganza of the parks, but also the Disney village for mortaly sick kids - where the kids get every wish fulfilled in their last living months. Disney (and the other village sponsors) gain absolutely nothing from this village, and it costs huge amounts of money.

In other words, if Disney loose their monopoly on Mickey, they will start to loose money in certain franchises - which will ultimately lead to severe cut-downs on other fields.

[JJXB]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Jan 1 2007, 03:03 AM) [snapback]272895[/snapback]</div>

[*]Unreal (1991)
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unreal is abandonware?? i don't see how but YAY! if it really is. i thought it's still sold

[Tom Henrik]

And it seems another one is thinking of the popular FPS...

(1991) means the production year, people.

[Noxstryx]

Does the addition of Ecoquest to the list of abandonware count the CD version as well or only the floppy version? if it does count the CD version should someone try to find that to donate as it has full voice? I may have it somewhere if i can find the disk.

[moogle]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Jan 6 2007, 01:50 AM) [snapback]273521[/snapback]</div>

And it seems another one is thinking of the popular FPS...

(1991) means the production year, people.
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Might wanna change the original post Tom

I was confused too until I saw ur post LOL