Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!seismo!mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!kjm From: kjm@dg_rtp.UUCP Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sources.d,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: How to Copyright Message-ID: <1513@dg_rtp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 12:39:41 EST Article-I.D.: dg_rtp.1513 Posted: Fri Mar 27 12:39:41 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 15:22:26 EST References: <865@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP> Reply-To: kjm@dg_rtp.UUCP (Kevin Maroney) Organization: Data General, RTP North Carolina Lines: 29 Xref: utgpu misc.legal:967 comp.sources.d:501 comp.unix.questions:1529 Summary: (c) not sufficient In article <865@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP> madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (Jim "Jack" Frost) writes: >I missed the original article I guess, but how to copyright in the US >is easy. First, it is perfectly legal to just put a notice on your >stuff (programs and/of literature) that says either: > > Copyright >or > (c) > >Actually, the order of and probably doesn't matter, >but either of the above is fine. It is not sufficient to use the (c) marker; this is not not NOT equivalent to the c-in-a-circle symbol (or so I've been told; it seems that a recent copyright case decided that something was not adequately protected by the (c) marker). To be safe, use the entire word "copyright", along with the name of the copyright holder and the year the work was copyrighted. According to the 1978 law, a work is copyrighted the instant it is created, but use of the "copyright" marker and filing with the Library of Congress give the owner greater and greater protection in the eyes of the courts. It's a good idea to file with the LoC if you plan to publish anything professionally; the "copyright" approach is best for rough drafts, in-house notes, etc.) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin J. Maroney ...!mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!kjm DISCLAIMER: Data General will disavow all knowledge of my existence. CARTHAGO DELENDA EST