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RE: [dvd-discuss] Specific ironies of the CTEA
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- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Specific ironies of the CTEA
- From: "Ballowe, Charles" <CBallowe(at)usg.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:37:12 -0600
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:16 PM
To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Specific ironies of the CTEA
> Hey...here's another funny thing that could happen...suppose an
> author disappears and is declared dead after 7(?) years. His estate
> sells of all his belongings, gives them away or whatever and distributes
> his assets to heirs. Then the author shows up (Not implausible. Bierced
> disappeared. Traven of Treasure of the Sierre Madre reclused to Mexico).
> Who owns the copyright? Copyright is a FEDERAL right. Being declared
> dead is a state or local one.
What about cryogenics? An author is frozen and NEVER declared dead.