rr23+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald George Redmond) (12/10/87)
Not wanting to sound dumb, but how does one go about getting one. --Ronald G. Redmond ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun
tjhorton@ai.toronto.edu (Timothy J. Horton) (12/15/87)
As far as printed material goes, all you have to do is write "copyright" or the C in a little circle, your name, and the date, somewhere that people are sure to find if they look. That protects you in the U.S. and much of the world that respects such copyrights. For official copyright registration, file forms available from the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20559. Filing adds no rights beyond those you get by simply including the phrase, but does prove the exact date the copyright took effect. As far as computer software goes, presumably similar laws apply, (but I'm no expert here). That's probably why software often blasts the copyright notification at you when you fire it up. In Canada, and some other countries, no such phrase is necessary in printed publications. Simply assume that anything published later than 1950 is under copyright. ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun --- Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ
news@sun.uucp (news) (12/17/87)
There is a document in the netnews source distribution called doc/copyright.mn by Jordan J. Breslow, which goes into some detail on copyrighting software. In short, if you write an original work, you don't have to do anything to have a copyright on it. To lose a copyright on it, you distribute it without a copyright notice. A copyright notice takes the form: Copyright 1987 Andrew Tannenbaum at the top of the document. That is, the word "copyright," the year of most recent modification, and the name of the person or corporation who claims the copyright, in that order. A c in a circle may replace the word "copyright." A c in parens (c) may NOT replace the word "copyright." Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. I don't even play one on TV. Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Boston, MA +1 617 247 1155 ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun