stever@videovax.UUCP (03/26/87)
In article <865@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP>, Jim Frost (madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP) writes: > . . . > I missed the original article I guess, but how to copyright in the US > is easy. First, it is perfectly legal to just put a notice on your > stuff (programs and/of literature) that says either: > > Copyright <person> <date> > or > (c) <date> <person> It has been stated before, but obviously needs to be stated again: The three-character sequence "(C)" has no validity as an indicator of copyright! The word "Copyright" is legally binding in the U.S. and most other countries. The letter "c" in a circle is legally binding in all countries that are signatories of international copyright conventions (essentially all countries). But "(C)" or "(c)" have no validity at all! If you really want to copyright your work, spell it out. . . Steve Rice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- new: stever@videovax.TV.TEK.COM old: {decvax | hplabs | ihnp4 | uw-beaver}!tektronix!videovax!stever