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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: uucp source copyright status - IMPORTANT
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Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 14:13:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 24 14:13:53 1987
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>The interesting thing about trade secrets is that if
>they ever get publicly exposed, even if it's through malice, they are
>effictively lost.

This is not necessarily true.  It depends on the nature of the
exposure and the particulars of the contracts.

>                   The interesting thing about copyrights is that, if
>you can prove that the copyrighted material was ever published WITHOUT
>a copyright notice, you can't ever claim copyright.

This is no longer true.  Recent changes in copyright legislation
have made it possible to claim copyright even after a work has
been released without any copyright notice.

-- 
Ed Gould                    mt Xinu, 2560 Ninth St., Berkeley, CA  94710  USA
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