The license should always be owned by whoever has the copyright, after 20 years they may either re-release the game or it automatically goes into the public domain. I am sick of ancient games that are atrociously difficult to find, and if you do find them, they are actually illegal to download due to the copyright owners sitting on the license, never doing anything with it. A very odd system indeed.
An excellent idea Matt, of which I totally agree.
The license should always be owned by whoever has the copyright, after 20 years they may either re-release the game or it automatically goes into the public domain. I am sick of ancient games that are atrociously difficult to find, and if you do find them, they are actually illegal to download due to the copyright owners sitting on the license, never doing anything with it. A very odd system indeed.