earth and beyond copyright

[Praetorius [GM]]

altho EA retains copyright, the game itself is now legally abandonware, per usa law. plus the game was sold in many foreign countries and each if not a member of specific legal copyright entities that are under the controlling countries guidelines are open to legal differences. Each country has their own length of copyright, and the overall copyright is enforced by the country game was purchased. Yet, this too is open to court interpretation on the international level. Now under abandonware the united states retains that the copyright remains with the original individual, company purchase et ownership via outright purchase of original content. Here is where emulator comes into play. Anyone can keep the game alive without bringing EA down upon the project, as long as copyright is not infringed upon in any form, and if this happens they can notify the emulator to cease, without penalty or lawsuit of any kind if the emulator were to be terminated voluntarily. Laws are now being formulated and justified in the courts that will change the face of legality after a product is abandoned, (not sold or supported in anyway). As to copyright only 1 case has ever made it to the courts, as no company finds it justifies, their is no compensation to be gained under present laws.

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