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At 11:25 AM 6/21/2005 -0500, Karl Miller wrote: >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 -- [log in to unmask] http://www.mrichter.com/