Date   : Wed, 09 May 1990 15:27:13 GMT
From   : swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!nsscb!ameyer@ucsd.edu (Andy Meyer)
Subject: Infocom-- Public Domain?

In article <7005@orca.wv.tek.com> andrew@frip.wv.tek.com writes:
> 
>   "Someone noted that the Infocom company was no longer.  Does
>   this imply that software they published is now in the public
>   domain?"
> 
> No.  When a company stops operating, they still retain the rights to
> their assets, and can transfer them.  Activision, or whoever owns them,
> holds the rights to the Infocom software.

True. InfoCom is owned by Activision, which in turn is owned by
MediaGenic.

I suspect that to find whatever InfoCom products are still stocked,
one would need to contact MediaGenic:

   MediaGenic/Activision
   3480 Bohannon Drive
   Menlo Park, CA 94025
   415-329-0500

It would be interesting to know whether they still have any InfoCom
stuff!

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 Andreas Meyer     ameyer%nsscb@ulysses.att.com     ..!att!ulysses!nsscb!ameyer
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