Thu, 18 Sep 2003
Eugene Volokh and Lawrence Solum Debate IP
Volokh proposes an interesting hypothetical to gain a better understanding of property rights over ideas, Solum replies and the debate continues.
dbs on what to do with orphaned code. Excerpt:
When a company is deregistered in Australia, its property at deregistration vests in ASIC: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 601AD. ASIC may deal with the property as it sees fit: Corporations Act s 601AE.
I think it would be a neat idea if computer software that ASIC owns as a result of the winding-up provisions of the Corporations Act would become publicly, freely available.