dodger, Actually this discussion is all moot... ernyoka1 has decided to distribute the model regardless of legal or ethical compunctions. However, to answer your concerns about Danish vs US copyright law & all political arguments aside, Denmark is a signatory to both the Berne Copyright Convention & WIPO treaties, which agree to honor copyright laws across national borders and to enforce them just as if they were in their country of origin. In fact there is a current trend to standardize the law world-wide in order to make international prosecution easier. Even with that being said, Danish copyright law is essentially the same as US law in terms of what is covered (original works), when it is in force (upon creation), & how long the copyright endures (generally 70 years after the creators death). More importantly the concept of copyright (the ability of a creator to control his/her work) is identical. Finally, I couldn't find any specific exceptions for abandonware in Danish law or that making a "good faith" effort to contact a copyright holder would be a mitigating circumstance. It seems the only way to release a copyright is the same as in the USA, specifically place an item in the public domain, assign the rights to someone else or die & wait 70 years.