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In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeff Johnston writes:
> This post is copyright 2000 by Jeff Johnston.
Exactly right. Further the copyright is by default! That is, you have to
disclaim it to immediately put something in the public domain. And I believe
in the US, at least, an explicit assertion is not required, although it helps
protect your rights by building awareness. The proper form of the assertion is
to put the first AND the last year that you worked on the work or its
predecessors, as of when it was published.
So for example, my black hopper instructions say copyright 1997-1999 because
they were last changed in december 1999, but the instruction cover says
copyright 1997-2000 because I did a new color cover last week.
++Lar
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| (...) Right. As of March 1989, published works do not need to have a copyright notice in order to gain protection. However, it's still good to put it there, because apparently "I didn't know that was copyrighted" has been a successful legal defense (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground, lugnet.publish)
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| (...) You're thinking trademark. Mladen has (at least in the US) a copyright over anything he has created. One can *register* a copyright, which makes it much easier to defend in a court of law, but one does not need to register to actually hold a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.underground)
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