Hi, I have no idea what the copyrights are on some of those games. However, in my experience even though the copyrights on such games haven't expired big companies aren't really enforcing them much any more either. Take the Infocom games as an example here.
Technically Activision baught up the rights for the original Infocom games like Zork, Arthur, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, etc and sold them for Windows 95 as a limited promotional deal. However, at that time the internet was growing and people who had the games simply uploaded the games to a website here and there and you could download and play them with winfrotz, frotz, etc. Initially Activision was really ticked about it, but let's face it those games were already old by the time Activision baught them up and started selling them again. Now days Activision isn't even selling them any more, and they are more or less considered abandonware. If you can download and play them with your favorite zcode interpreter Activision isn't going to scream too loudly as long as you don't sell them. My point is whatever the copyright status is for old games like Kidnapped, Oregon Trail, etc are as long as I copy them and release them as freeware the copyright owners aren't likely to give a care who gets them. If I sell them for a small fee then the copyright holder might get a little annoyed that I'm making money and they aren't off their idea. It is better safe than sorry in my opinion. Smile. On 11/24/10, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I know the answer, but here goes: Any chance of you being allowed, > without breaking any copyright laws, to sell packs of such games as these > for a small fee? > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
