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Offline Netham45

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Re: Anything illegal in what I want to do?
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2011, 07:15:47 am »
As far as I can tell, that source code is copyrighted 1984 (END.S in MSPACMAN.zip), which puts it within legal copyright until 2079 (SOURCE)

copyright laws are too long. :|
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Re: Anything illegal in what I want to do?
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2011, 12:56:39 pm »
I have to agree with that. US Congress has repeatedly extended copyright further and further over the last century, defeating the spirit of the Constitution when it says that Congress may “for limited times” (my emphasis) enforce copyright on content. However, when the case went to court, the judges ultimately did not agree that this activity was in violation, and so we're left with the situation we have now, where copyright essentially lasts forever in terms of human lifespans.
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