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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,misc.legal
Subject: Re: COPYRIGHT NOTICES (on program sources, of course)
Message-ID: <18154@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 21:40:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 31 21:40:32 1987
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In article <4875@utah-cs.UUCP> hollaar@cs.utah.edu.UUCP (Lee Hollaar) writes:
<Actually, the Copyright Act of 1976 states in 17 USC 401:
<"(b) Form of Notice.  -- The notice appearing on the copies shall consist
<of the following three elements:
<  (1) the symbol ... (the letter C in a circle), or the word "Copyright"
<      or the abbreviation "Copr."; and
<  (2) the year of the first publication of the work; ... and
<  (3) the name of the owner of the copyright ...
<(c) Position of Notice. -- ... The Register of Copyrights shall prescribe
<by regulation, as examples, specific methods for the affixation and
<positions of the notice on various types of works that will satisfy this
<requirement, but these specifications shall not be considered exhaustive."
<
<So, even though most people seem to mimic the form "copyright date company",
<the form "copyright company date" (or even "date company copyright") meets
<the requirements of the Copyright Act.

I may have posted too quickly, I'll have to check, but I don't see
that your quote addresses the question. You seem to be taking section
C as indicating that the position of the elements of the notice may
vary, but I would read it as indicating the position of the notice
(which is made up of three elements) may vary, whether it is on the
cover of the book or the title page or whatever. 

-- 
I speak for myself, not the company.

Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com