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From: cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell)
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Subject: Copyright notices (was: Shareware? Hah!)
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Date: 21 Feb 88 15:56:45 GMT
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In article <22977@brunix.UUCP> cs224065@brap0a94.UUCP (Nicholas Thompson) writes:
>Don't bet on it...as I recall from the booklet on corporate security
>they gave me when I first went to work, the only ABSOLUTE way to
>secure the copyright on the document is with the symbol-which-is-
>usually-approximated-by-(c). ...

I think this is basically right.  The trick is the word _absolute_.
*In*the*United*States*, the word "Copyright" (or the abbreviation "Copr")
is fully adequate.  But _internationally_ things are slipperier.  This
from "Words Into Type":
  Universal international copyright protection does not exist.  However,
  works of Unisted States citizens may be protected in foreign countries uner
  various treaties and conventions.  Copyright protection is available in
  countries currently parties to the \fIUniversal Copyright Convention\fP,
  provided that all the published copies of the work bear the notice
  precscribed by the \fIConvention\fP, that is, the symbol \(co, the name of
  the copyright owner, and the year of first publication. ...
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