copyright notice

[Tim Smith]

In article <605 at scc.UUCP> steiny at scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) writes:
>
>>  (C) 1986 Joe Random is not a valid copyright.
>>  Copyright 1986 Joe Random is.
>>
>       According to the same book, p. 29:
>
>       The internationally recognized copyright symbox, [circle
>with a C in it], should always be the first part of the notice.
>Since CRT screens and most dot matrix printers don't have a [circle
>with a C in it], you can substitute and use a (C).  The
>second part of the notice is the word "Copyright."  Technically
>this is unnecessary as long as you have a [circle with a C in it], . . .
>
(C) is NOT a valid substitute for [circle with a C in it], according
to the software law book I read.  This book is copyright 1984, so
unless they changed things since then, the stuff marked ">>" is
correct.  The only thing that will work on all printers and CRTs is
"Copyright 1986 by Put Your Name Here".  It is also a good idea to
follow this with "all rights reserved".

[ The book I read was "A Software Law Primer" ( or something like
that... see the posting in net.legal with the subject "Software Law (
and copyright )", where I give the name, author and ISBN number of the
book ]
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