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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
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: <326@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 88 23:31:24 GMT
References: <4815@ihlpg.ATT.COM> <3343@killer.UUCP> <2608@gryphon.CTS.COM> <845@unmvax.unm.edu>
Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL
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Summary: Absence of a copyright notice doesn't guarantee public domain.

In article <845@unmvax.unm.edu>, mike@turing.UNM.EDU (Michael I. Bushnell) writes:
> Anything which is "published" and not marked "Copyright" can be freely
> copied. 

This isn't entirely accurate.  Publication without a notice that the author
claims a copyright in the work releases the work into the public domain SO
LONG AS THE PUBLICATION WAS DONE WITH THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER'S CONSENT.  I'm
sure that's what you meant but there seems to be a lot of confusion about
the copyright law and I wouldn't want anyone to think removal of a work's
copyright notice followed by publication would put it in the public domain.

--Fabbian Dufoe
  350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South
  St. Petersburg, Florida  33705
  813-823-2350

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