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From: C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: PD or Shareware Copyrights
Message-ID: <18195@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 21 Jun 89 20:11:37 GMT
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I was wondering what anyone's experience has been in getting programs
copyrighted prior to releasing them to the general populace.  I am interested
in copyrighting some art/music created on my Amiga and I want to protect it
before I release it to others.
     I know a lot of shareware and PD gets labelled with a (C) 19xx message
in the docs or in the menus of the actual program, but did any of you who have
included such a 'copyright' actually get a legal (like from a lawyer or court)
copyright put on the software?  I am a little uninformed in this area.
     As an example, and a side note, Kevin Clague's MANDELVROOM 2.0 has a
copyright message in one menu that says (C) Copyright 1987,1989 or something
close to that... BTW, G R E A T program Kevin (even tho I have suceeded in
locking up a couple of times -- no GURU, just a lock-up.  ;-)

Baird McIntosh

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