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Re: LYNX-DEV Copyright statement
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Glenn E. Thobe |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Copyright statement |
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Thu, 6 Mar 1997 23:27:02 -0800 (PST) |
The point is that "(C)" is just three ASCII characters which suggest
but do not replace the actual copyright graphic, thus the actual word
must be used. A lot of this confusion about copyright notices can be
resolved by consulting the Copyright Myths FAQ posted to news.answers:
Original-author: address@hidden (Brad Templeton)
Archive-name: law/copyright/myths/part1
Last-change: 16 Oct 1995 by address@hidden (Mark Moraes)
Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
By Brad Templeton
It may be obtained via FTP from rtfm.mit.edu in
pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/copyright/faq.
Quoting from the above:
The correct form for a notice is:
"Copyright <dates> by <author/owner>"
You can use C in a circle instead of "Copyright" but "(C)"
has never been given legal force. The phrase "All Rights
Reserved" used to be required in some nations but is now
not needed.
-Glenn Thobe <address@hidden>
> Dan Strychalski <address@hidden> wrote --
> >> Why no `(C)'? To have legal force, the term must be either spelled out in
> >> full or represented by a *capital* _C_ fully enclosed in a _circle_.
> ...
> I got my information in writing from a US-American lawyer I worked with.
> ...
>
> The University of Chicago _Manual of Style_ states that printing both
> the word and the symbol is redundant and only wastes space; either one
> ...
> Dan Strychalski
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