zombie84 wrote: Otherwise, they would technically have to have had a 1981 copyright date in there too, at some point, right?
They should have. (according to me, myself and I) A Change is a Change. The Crawl change we all around here would consider to be 'Significant' but for the LoC of 81 it might have been considered minor, and flew under the radar. But it's not the LoC's job to check these things, they are there to collect and protect. They don't have the resources to check these things, and it's not their job. It's the honor system. Which is why in the few contacts we've had with them they've set out the challenge (of sorts) for us to come on down and verify what they've received.
The SE upside for LFL is that it allowed them to modify where the newly received funds went. Partly for the benefit of those who helped create the upgrade but also as you wrote, to modify old agreements which didn't fare the tests of time.
Probably some class action lawsuit for the 81 copyright... Should we use 'Lump Sum Cash Now' JG Wentworth or one of the asbestos law firms...