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From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Copyright Notice (Amiga specific question)
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Date: 23 Feb 88 07:48:34 GMT
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In article <5523@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> flaig@cit-vlsi.UUCP (Charles M. Flaig) writes:
>Since the "letter C in a circle" is unprintable in ASCII, is a C within
>parentheses, (C), a valid substitute?  I know I have seen this used, and
>the parentheses form most of a circle (like a bad copy :-).

It's been said before, but...

Using the symbol (C) (i.e., the C in parentheses) gives you NO legal
protection, and a copyright notice like "(C) 1988 Patrick Barron" is
not a legal copyright notice.  Better to simply spell out the word
"Copyright", and include the phrase "All Rights Reserved" for purposes
of international copyright protection.  It's been said that unless
you really have the C-in-a-circle symbol, you don't have full protection,
but I don't know the whole scoop there.

This is starting to stray pretty far from the topic at hand.  Followups
redirected to misc.legal.

--Pat.