home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!cci632!tvf
- From: tvf@cci632.cci.com (Tom Frauenhofer)
- Subject: Re: Why the big copyright statements?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.202317.28426@cci632.cci.com>
- Organization: Northern Telecom, Network Applications Systems, Rochester, NY
- References: <l8hhhkINN695@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> <14809@ksr.com> <1992Aug15.001820.2374@rwwa.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:23:17 GMT
- Lines: 22
-
- In article <1992Aug15.001820.2374@rwwa.COM> witr@rwwa.com writes:
- >In article <14809@ksr.com>, jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:
- >| The problem is that the law basically *requires* that the copyright get in your
- >| face.
- >|
-
- ... deleted some stuff ...
-
- >
- >Also, my studies indicate that a *one line* copyright notice, placed
- >prominently on each copy, would suffice to protect the work (in the US)
- >as long as it contains:
- >
- > 1) The symbol <c inside circle>, the word ``Copyright'' or the
- > abbreviation ``Copr.''
-
- Technically, the symbol <c inside circle> is not a legal replacement for the
- word ``Copyright'' (Yes, I check with a lawyer friend on this one a couple
- of years ago).
- --
- Thomas V. Frauenhofer, WA2YYW, tvf@cci.com, ...!uunet!uupsi!cci632!tvf
- Mandlebratwurst: The Meal that Eats Itself!
-