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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Copyright
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Date: 16 Apr 89 22:59:42 GMT
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In article <13224@louie.udel.EDU> rsine@nswc-wo.arpa (Sine) writes:
>Concerning the copyright discussion, Thad Floryan writes:
>>The EA software in question (the Deluxe Paint series) is clearly copyrighted
>>and protected by US Federal law.  The last page of the DP-II manual states:
>>        "SOFTWARE (c) 1986 ELECTRONIC ARTS"
>If the manual really states this, (and I doubt it), then Marco and anyone
>possessing the software being mentioned, can do as they please.  This is
>because EA didn't follow the Copyright Form of Notice as defined in the
>publication "Copyright Basics Circular No. 1", which complies with the
>Copyright Act of 1976 which became effective January 1, 1978.
>The notice should contain the following three elements:
>1.  The Copyright symbol (the letter C in a circle), or the word "Copyright",
>    or the abbreviation "Copr."; and ...
>Notice that there is no mention of (C) or (c) and one could argue that ...

Wait! Please give Thad a break!. EA DOES include the "C in a 
Circle" as properly requested by the Library of Congress.  I would be
surprised of the contrary, considering EA has been in the software business
for so many years.  Thad used the only mean that you can on ASCII terminals,
which do not have the "C in a circle".  The Amiga does have that character
in the standard font, and many programs, A-Talk III included, use it in the 
menu bar, to make sure that not only the media an manual but also the 
"executable" shows the copyright notice.  

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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