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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: What?  NO PD CHESS FOR MAC???
Keywords: chess
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Date: 30 Oct 90 23:59:17 GMT
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In article <1990Oct30.194152.19138@wuarchive.wustl.edu> hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes:
>If there is no copyright notice in the program itself,
>can it then be copied freely ? (according to US copyright law)

In recent years, works do NOT have to contain an explicit copyright notice
in order to obtain U.S. copyright protection.  Works can be copyrighted
AFTER they are published.

If a lawyer wants to correct me, go ahead.  I'm pretty sure I have it all
straight though.

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