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If it turns out it is, I'll remove the infringing content. But considering the age and circumstances, I'm giving it a shot for now.

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I'd recommend possibly sticking it on archive.org - I've seen other old software on there. Either that or reach out to lucasarts and ask if it's okay, I suppose. (As long as you get it in writing)

Aye, that's actually my next step. :) (Archive.org, that is.)

I went through all the links, clicking on them and asking archive.org to save a copy. I also did it with the "Download", "Raw", and "Download ZIP" links.

Disc image and photo if possible - they're librarians, remember.

The disc is deeply worn, so a full ISO is probably not going to happen -- though I'll try a bunch of stuff. Maybe I'll get lucky!

You'd need to contact Disney. They own the IP now.

I thought LucasArts still owned the IP, but Disney owned LucasArts?

LucasArts still owns the IP, Disney is just its parent company now. LucasArts is the licensor, so I'd still recommend contacting them.

It is Disney today. They own and decide.

IIRC, Disney shut down the game division when they acquired LucasFilm, so you would have to talk to someone at the parent co (Disney). Disney has a lot of old IP that's still very valuable, so they guard it aggressively[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie#Copyright_sta...

Technically, neither Disney or LucasArts own DeluxePaint.

Who owns it?

Edit: Looks like EA owns it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluxe_Paint#Legacy

For Deluxe Paint you will probably have to ask Electronic Arts.

At the time, these files were worth six billion dollars.

Disney paid $4.05B in 2012 for all of Lucasfilm, I don't think at any point in particular these files specifically were worth $6B.

I read that as sarcastic and very funny. Upvoted.

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