Hr. Daniel Mikkelsen wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Jimmy Wales wrote:
I trust Daniel completely, so I'm satisfied
with his word on this. His
intentions have been stated publicly, and that's good enough for me.
The problem is that one can never trust a company. Companies regularly go back
on their words if it's profitable for them. Also, companies can go bust and
their property sold off to to cover debts.
Bankruptcies can have an uncertain effect on copyrights. When the
assets are liquidated the company's copyrights may be completely
ignored, or not noticed at all. They are not distributed or sold as
assets. My contention would be that when the bankruptcy is discharged
without a distribution of copyrights, that would put the copyrights into
the public domain. Copyright is a property right. Can a property right
exist in the absence of someone to own it?
Ec