On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Mike Richter wrote:
> From my point of view, it would be sufficient to define as "abandoned" any > copyright not exercised for a defined term.
I like that idea but...
I am reminded of the effort it took for Mad Magazine to determine that whatever ownership might have existed for the image of Alfred E. Newman, had been abandoned.
I do not believe it was an issue of copyright but of trademark (or one of the related terms) - for which abandonment is defined.
Mike -- mrichter@xxxxxxx http://www.mrichter.com/