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Re: Defunct magazines -- who owns 'em?

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From: Jonathan Mines
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 18:28
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>Phil Herold (pherold@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: Does anyone know who owns the rights to articles and programs that
>: orginally appeared in Commodore magazine and Power Play? I'm sure both
>: were owned by Commodore, or an arm thereof.
>
>: I have some source code for items that originally appeared in one or
>: the other of those magazines. As there still seem to be some people who
>: are hacking on those machines, I thought the code might be of interest.
>: But not if I run the risk of having someone's lawyer call me.

Jason Compton <jcompton@flood.xnet.com> wrote:
>Well, I suppose unless Commodore sold off the magazine goods to another 
>publisher when they folded the publications (which is entirely possible), 
>they're now the property of Escom AG.

As I remember, Commodore sold what was left to IDG and they placed it in RUN.
In fact, I have plenty of issue with RUN and Commodore on the front cover...

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