Robin writes:
> ...
>Unless there was a copyright notice attached to it, posting it
>makes it public property.
This used to be true before the US Copyright law was changed to fit
the international standards (Berne Convention?) That was some time ago
(1988) - and now the copyright notice is not needed as the copyright
applies as soon as the work is created (fixed in a tangible medium.)
While there are legal advantages to affixing a copyright notice, it is
not needed for a legal copyright.
--henry schaffer
P.S. If you want to read more - see http://www.ga.unc.edu/~hes/intel-prop.html
as a good starting point.
P.P.S. <disclaimer>IANAL</disclaimer>
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