Re: Switching to Linux and C

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 22:47:14 +0100
Message-ID: <f3e1fdbf-3694-5790-527b-f1cacc5d676e@null.net>
On 02/09/2017 17:12, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
> Don't know what those docs are worth and possibly none of us do. So no 
> strong opinion here. Just that old gut feeling.

It would be cheaper for Cloanto to have bought the copyrights from Amiga 
Inc (Delaware/KMOS) who were desparate for cash and had no use for the 
copyrights, than pay off a chartered attourney to commit fraud to the US 
government and risk their entire career. I'll take that.

Those particular documents are only worth something if you violate a 
copyright on something that is covered, for Vice that would be 1540/1541 
roms as they could claim statutory damages and court fees. Commodore had 
to register them to sue the 1541 drive clone manufacturers, who then 
bought jiffydos roms instead.

Whatever other documents that the attourney saw are more interesting. We 
can only guess what they were, but Amiga Inc (Delaware/KMOS) owned all 
the commodore copyrights & Cloanto wanted to buy them all.

Cloanto ship c64 and amiga roms in a commercial product while making 
statements that they are the legal owner of the copyright, if they were 
wrong then I'd expect someone to dispute it.



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