Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ysub!psuvm!wxs103 Organization: Penn State Campus Crusade for Cable From: Bill Smargiassi Date: 24 Apr 91 17:06:52 EDT Message-ID: <91114.170652WXS103@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: How to Get a Copyright References: <1991Apr23.194528.460@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu> In article <1991Apr23.194528.460@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu>, brpleshek@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu says: >Material is copyrighted as soon as you create it. A notice in your program is >all that is necessary. What you are probably thinking about is a patent, in >which you have to register for. Correct, as soon as you slap a copywright notice on a piece of work, it is copywrighted. However, if you want to actually defend it in court if you feel you have been wronged, you must register it with some government office before you release it. Don't remember which office though. It would help a lot to involve a lawyer if you're really serious about the program. Bill