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- > Could someone explain in some depth what ways one can protect his/her work
- > legally? ie Copyright etc. AmigaWorld seems to say that by merely
- > creating something it is "copyrighted", but one should show "Copyright (C)
- > <year> by <name>. All Rights Reserved.", and inform the user what rights
- > they have if any to distribute or otherwise abuse the program code. How
- > does this protection serve one internationally also?
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- Technically anything you create is automatically copyrighted, but the
- burden of proof lies with the copyrighter, not the copier, so the best
- thing to do to ensure that you are protected is to seal it in an envelope
- and have it stamped by a notary public and then kept by a lawyer, banker,
- etc. The copyright is international except (I think) in the case of
- books, where the US has a different set of laws.
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