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From: rains@dms.UUCP (Lyle Rains)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: is the shell copyrighted?
Message-ID: <846@dms.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 17:29:11 GMT
References: <1989Oct16.230237.26440@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA
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From article <1989Oct16.230237.26440@utzoo.uucp>, by (Henry Spencer):

> The US *is* now a signatory to the Berne Convention, actually.

  I read an article (I believe it was in the "Rules of the Game" column of
_UNIX_Review_; don't remember which month) which basically said that the US
now recognizes the rights of FOREIGN authors as per the above, but that
domestically it's more or less business as before. If you're a U.S. citizen
and you don't include notice, you may lose your rights here in the U.S.
(ironically, probably not so in other countries which are signatories to the
convention), and if you don't register your copyright with the Copyright
Office before taking legal action, any potential damages you might receive
are drastically reduced.  I am not a lawyer, so check with one if this is
important to you.

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