On 21 Aug 1998, Dan L. Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
>
> In other words, there might well be scenarios where, if someone fails
> to exploit their intellectual property rights, the work should revert
> to the public domain. I tend to think there are reasons that such
> reversions should be unusual, but the concept is not out of the
> question, and it is certainly not ruled out by the reasons for which
> one would prohibit public access to tangible property.
Copyright owners may not wish to expoit rights commercially for all sorts of legitimate reasons. Someone with a license may be subject to use-it-or-lose-it performance requirements, just like many other contracts.
Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Tue Aug 25 1998 - 22:01:53 GMT
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