Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE!
Anthony Atkielski
atkielski.anthony at wanadoo.fr
Fri May 6 17:20:44 PDT 2005
Chris writes:
> Hahaha - good stuff! Yanno, last I knew (and that was some time ago) You
> had to submit writings for review to the copyright folks here in the U.S.
It has never been that way.
Copyright exists in any work fixed in a tangible medium at the time of
its creation. No formalities are necessary.
> Then, if they deem it so, you then had to pay a fee to have it
> copyrighted.
No, you do not.
You may be confusing copyright with patents or trademarks.
> As I said - this may or may not be the case any longer ...
It has never been the case.
> ... I didn't know that just by writing something, you were grandted all the
> nifty perks of it being copywritten.
As a matter of fact, just by writing something, you implicitly receive
all the benefits of copyright (not copywriting, which is something
entirely different). No formalities are necessary.
> Then again - I'm not a lawyer. And to be frank, I couldn't care less either.
So it seems. It's worthwhile to at least make an effort not to infringe
on the copyrights of others, though, as litigation can be costly.
--
Anthony
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