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In article <4852@news.duke.edu> kds@phy.duke.edu (Stokes Kevin) writes:
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>  I have a very successful shareware game (Corncob 3D, aircombat flight
>sim).  My marketing guy insists that I put music in the title screen and 
>menu choices into the next release.  I implemented the code to play .ROL 
>music files, and that works fine.  I downloaded about 100 .rol files, and 
>choose the best of them.  
>  My problem is that I can't track down the original authors/musicians
>of the files.  The files came with little doc, and had nothing about
>copyrights; Just a list of what the music was.  Then I later found out that
>many of the tunes were those distributed by Adlib with the sound boards.
>  Many of the tunes are obviously right out becuase they are current pop
>music like 'Beat-it' and so on.  The classical stuff no one holds a copyright
>to, but what about the performer?
>  On the other hand, ADLIB is out of business.  However, my gut feeling is
>that even though the company may no longer around, someone still owns the
>rights to that music.
>  Does anyone have any experience or legal knowledge about these issues?
>
>                                             -Kevin
>
>-- 
>	Kevin Stokes
>	Duke University Dept. of Physics	kds@phy.duke.edu
>	Durham, N.C.      27706			

	Adlib has been bought buy some German company and expect to release the
Adlib Gold within the next couple of months.  I have no idea on the copyright
status of their music.  I'll have to look for your game and give it a try. Good
Luck!
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Tim Roy
infra@pulmonary.ubc.ca
"My employer doesn't even know that I have opinions"