Re: [d@DCC] Re: [Fwd: [archivists] Public Comments for Orphan Works]

From: "Wallace J.McLean" <ag737 _-at-_ freenet.carleton.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:13:25 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Abel <rumplefurskin@yahoo.ca>
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:28 pm
Subject: Re: [d@DCC] Re: [Fwd: [archivists] Public Comments for Orphan 
Works]

> In regards to corporations going bankrupt or being
> wound up, the assets are almost inevitably acquired by
> another corporation, so it's not as if the works are
> ever free of ownership.

I don't accept that statement as self-evident.

In my book-buying and dealing activities, I often come across titles 
by "The Renfrew County Centennial Agriculture Committee" or some such 
thing. Not only to these ad-hoc bodies no longer exist, I doubt that 
any thought was ever given to their succession, let alone assignment of 
any copyrights.


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