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From: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg)
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Subject: Re: Copyrights on Usenet Articles
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Date: 6 Jan 90 16:20:58 GMT
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In article <600@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu writes:

>Yes. ``All rights reserved'' is necessary for some countries. A circled
>c is customary, though I don't know any countries that require it if
>the word Copyright is present. Anyway, the owner of a copyright most
>certainly does control the legal right to copy an article.

The last time I read a simple version of copyright laws, it said that
either the circled c or the word Copyright was valid under international
copyright convention. The sequence '(c)' is not valid, though in common
use.  The year nad copyright holder must also be stated, of course.

Valid examples:

	(pretend that *C* is a circled c)

	*C* 1990 By Andrew Mossberg, All Rights Reserved.

	Copyright 1990 by Andrew Mossberg

	*C* 1990 Georges Discount Used Hosiery Emporium

	This article Copyright 1990 by the USENET Community Trust,
	and may be redistributed without charge on rainy days of this
	century.

	[heh heh. The above would practically mean no restriction]

Invalid examples:

	(c) 1990 Melvin the Discount Haberdasher

	Copywrite 1990 Sara's Head Shop and Deli

	All Rights Reserved by Margie Mesozoic


Please Note: I'm not a lawyer. The forms exampled above are not meant to
be nor should be construed as all inclusive. When in doubt, see a
doctor. 

aem
Copyright 1990 By Andrew Mossberg, may be freely reproduced in any
form, electronic or otherwise, except by persons with the first name
'Cragmire'.


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