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From: davewt@nc386.uucp (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: PD vs copyright (was Copylefting)
Summary: Copyrights in Canada
Keywords: Actually, in Canada an author has copyrights automatically and cannot
Message-ID: <1989Aug2.211840.2293@nc386.uucp>
Date: 2 Aug 89 21:18:40 GMT
References: <Jul.5.09.29.33.1989.23541@topaz.rutgers.edu> <26@ark1.nswc.navy.mil> <12361@pur-ee.UUCP> <15965@vail.ICO.ISC.COM>
Reply-To: davewt@nc386.UUCP (David Wright)
Organization: North Coast Computer Resources
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assign them to the public domain. The author also automatically retains
"moral rights"; the work cannot be modified without the authors permission,
even when he has assigned the copyright elsewhere, unless he has signed a moral rights
waiver.

				Dave