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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
I could probably make a case for a number of books published as works for hire by companies that have now gone bust so the rights are definitely orphaned. These would include old technical manuals etc and there is no reason (apart from copyright itself) not to release them to the public domain.
So these have a copyright term of 95 years from publication with absolutely zero chance of them being available legally until then.
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Your example is exactly what I am talking about. The question then becomes is that manual the only information available about that particular machine. Is the machine still around.
An example I am thinking would be like a car manual. I know Chilton used to be the best. I also know now there is plenty of information on the Web so except to a very few people would the tech manual be useful.
Oh and on that subject, where did I put the physical manual for my bread machine?