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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Copyright notices (was: Shareware? Hah!)
Message-ID: <28@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 88 03:30:50 GMT
References: <4815@ihlpg.ATT.COM> <3343@killer.UUCP> <2608@gryphon.CTS.COM> <333@esquire.UUCP> <22977@brunix.UUCP> <21023@bbn.COM> <2069@polya.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <2069@polya.STANFORD.EDU> rwilson@polya.UUCP (Randy Wilson) writes:
>It may not be standard ASCII, but on the Mac, option-g gives a copyright
>sign in most fonts.  Wouldn't this do the job?

It would do the job IF and ONLY IF you are sure that the document which you
wish to protect by copyright will be displayed ONLY on another MAC or some other
computer using the same code-to-character mapping for non-standard characters.

Since it is non-standard, it will not even look remotely like a "c in a circle"
on most terminals/printers, and thus would not "do the job".

One interesting question is this, however: As has been stated, a
"c in parentheses" is not a valid legal substitute for a "c in a circle".

Thus, " (c) 1987 by John Doe " is not a valid copyright notice.

However, since the notation "Copyright 1986 by John Doe" is valid, does the
presence of "c in parentheses" between the word "Copyright" and the year
REALLY invalidate the copyright notice?

After all, all that is required (the word "Copyright" and the year) IS PRESENT,
there's just a bit extra.

Anyone care to comment?
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