Actually you are right and you are wrong.
Brian would have to register all his work with the US Copyright office. Then
he would be able to defend his copyright. Until then, he would have to worry
about someone registering it and stealing the work. Then he would have to be
able to show proof that he was the author of the copyright work in question.
Copyeight work cannot be defended in Federal Court, until it is registered
with the US copyright office.
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Harvey [mailto:dwh1958 (at mark) gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:48 PM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: {Spam?} [coba-e:15030] Re: NuOnce Software
Dan would be correct on this. As a once full time photographer and having to
deal with copyright issues on a daily basis, Brian would be considered the
copyright holder of his creative works. It would be up to him to determine
if he wanted to issue a "use license" or to sell the license to the software
he created.
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Kriwitsky [mailto:webhosting (at mark) yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:09 PM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:15029] Re: NuOnce Software
--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Lucas Peyatt - Ohio Web Hosting & Development <> wrote:
> Since NuOnce has gone out of business, Its software packages
> should now be
> classified as "abandonware" since the company
> that created them no longer
> exists.
>
> What is your thoughts on that?
>
> If enough people agree someone could start a repository of
> NuOnce software.
That would be illegal in most countries. The only way software becomes
public domain is when the author makes it public domain. AFAIK, it's still
owned by the author regardless of whether he continues to sell it.
--
Dan Kriwitsky
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