Maybe a silly question: do copyrights for games (art or whatever) ever expire?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_...
95 years from publication or 120 years from creation whichever is shorter (anonymous works, pseudonymous works, or works made for hire, published since 1978)
1923 is the base-line year for any works with a proper copyright notice. 1977 for any works at all, as the requirement for a notice or registration was eliminated.