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From: adrian@mti.mti.com (Adrian McCarthy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The 12121 check digit algorithm
Message-ID: <874@mti.mti.com>
Date: 5 Jan 90 22:49:27 GMT
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In article <75288@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Loyde W Hales
<lwh@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:

>Reason: while you have a copyright just by writing ``(C) 1990 by Johnson,''
>it may not be enforcable if you cannot demonstrate the date.  I know all
>about the international agreement for patents/copyrights, but US law does
>limit rights under many odd circumstances.  The safest way to protect
>yourself is the copyright office.

Please note that "(c)" and "(C)" are *not* legitimate copyright symbols.  The
copyright symbol is the letter "c" inside a circle.  If you are in a
situation where you can't generate a true copyright symbol, you should
explicitly use the work "copyright".

Disclaimer:  I'm not an attorney; I'm just trying to be helpful.

Aid.