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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mirrorshades @ Mar 12 2007, 08:53 PM) [snapback]283268[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cazgotsaved @ Mar 11 2007, 12:00 PM) [snapback]282980[/snapback]

Why does a company hold copyrights to a game that they never plan on releasing for purchase anyway? (Like lands of lore, which was only recently released as free/abandon?)
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The problem is that copyright gives a company the right to make something available -- or not -- as they choose. It's that "or not" part that causes the problems associated with abandonware. This means that they can never be forced to do anything in particular with a title they hold the copyright to.
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copyright -> only they have the right to make copies of the product.

you dont' need to be producer but can have copyright. you can buy & transfer copyright.