From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c42dbf68f5320193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-10 23:24:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: More on copyright, (Re: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN) References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.202.37 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1021098224 ST000 67.112.202.37 (Sat, 11 May 2002 02:23:44 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 02:23:44 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@MC@@S@[SPTX\JKXOFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\RYIBK^RAQFW[ML\THRCKV^GGZKJMGV^^_JSCFFUA_QXFGVSCYRPILH]TRVKC^LSN@DX_HCAFX__@J\DAJBVMY\ZWZCZLPA^MVH_P@\\EOMW\YSXHG__IJQY_@M[A[[AXQ_XDSTAR]\PG]NVAQUVM Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 06:23:44 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23885 Date: 2002-05-11T06:23:44+00:00 List-Id: > Is a user who have no idea of the original owner of the work > (considering that the original owner no longer exist) required to > hire some private eyes just to trace who *may* or *may not* > own that piece of software at the moment? If anyone that is... That's why you should hire a lawyer. He might tell you that to be perfectly safe, you'll have to get the private eye to determine that the owner, his heirs, his creditors, etc etc are all dead; or you can take a big risk and not hire any private eye at all, or you can select how much safety you want to pay for. Part of a lawyer's job is, in cases of legal uncertainty, to inform you about risks of various courses of action.