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From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
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Subject: Re: Copyrighting
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Date: 27 Mar 91 14:10:52 GMT
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In article <4415.27ef854d@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes:
>In article <15514@smoke.brl.mil>, gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>> Your work is copyright simply by virtue of your creating it.
>> (It is recommended that you include an explicit copyright notice
>> near the beginning of each source file, e.g. "Copyright 1991 by
>> John Matus".)
>
>I have also heard that through some loophole this isn't even enough. I 
>heard that you need to have the copyright symbol (c) in it.

I kinda heard the opposite... the (c) isn't really a copyright symbol,
since the circle doesn't completely enclose the 'c', so saying "(c)
1991 A. Programmer" wouldn't work, but explicitly stating "Copyright
1991 A. Programmer" would be OK.

So, does anyone know of that's true or not?

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