ApolloBoy

Why do you put “rights” in quotes? Commodore patented the SID chip. They applied for the patent in 1983, which was finally granted in 1987. It’s been a long time since my class in IP law, but historically patents were granted for 14 years so the SID was still controlled until 2001 or so. It *should* be out of patent today but since Congress keeps extending corporate IP protections, I make no promises.  http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=49&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=Commodore.ASNM.&OS=AN/Commodore&RS=AN/Commodore