Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!amdahl!kevin From: kevin@uts.amdahl.com (Kevin Clague) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: PD or Shareware Copyrights Message-ID: Date: 23 Jun 89 04:14:28 GMT References: <18195@louie.udel.EDU> Reply-To: kevin@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kevin Clague) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 43 In article <18195@louie.udel.EDU> C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh) writes: >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. You do not "need" to get anything from anyone to copyright your stuff. All that you must do is have your subject matter contain a properly formatted copyright statement, and poof, it is copyrighted. > 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. ;-) Thanks.... Yes. MandelVroom still has some hang conditions in it. I'm working on it slowly, because I'm busy working on 3D HAM fractals at the moment. MandelVroom has a copyright notice that is "clearly visible upon program startup". Here at Amdahl the lawyers come around every year and re-educate us on proper copyright procedure, and the motivations for it. > >Baird McIntosh > > # INTERNET- c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> BITNET- c503719@umcvmb.bitnet # > # "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl, 'cause it hurts like hell." # > # - UNDERGROUND, by David Bowie / "USENET is not a network." - Eric Edwards # -- UUCP: kevin@uts.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,seismo,oliveb}!amdahl!kevin DDD: 408-737-5481 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 [ Any thoughts or opinions which may or may not have been expressed ] [ herein are my own. They are not necessarily those of my employer. ]