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- From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
- Subject: Re: Why the big copyright statements?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.141618.10219@rwwa.COM>
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- References: <l8hhhkINN695@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> <14809@ksr.com> <1992Aug15.001820.2374@rwwa.COM> <1992Aug18.202317.28426@cci632.cci.com>
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:16:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.202317.28426@cci632.cci.com>,
- tvf@cci632.cci.com (Tom Frauenhofer) writes:
- | 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).
-
- Im afraid you got that reversed. The symbol <c inside circle> is, by treaty,
- recognized internationally, including the US (for those countries that
- are signatories). The word ``Copyright'' or the abbreviation ``Copr.''
- is *not* recognized internationally.
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