Peter, I see where you are coming from, but as it is so easy to change a
date in a computerised document, the date in a copyright notice has very
little value when it comes to proving copyright, no matter what form you
enter it in.
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"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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It depends on how you see it. I assume the point Peter is making is that
/if/ you add a notice, it has to be in a certain format (AFAICR that is
also true of UK Copyright law), and if you use a symbol rather than the
word "Copyright" then it has to be the circle-C. Although the rules do not
say that you have to add a notice in order to establish copyright, they do
mention the evidentiary weight of including a copyright notice.
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html
Peter Jamieson
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On 30/04/2010 06:25, Graham Mayor wrote:
If that is indeed true for US law, then it is ridiculous. A writer always
owns the copyright to the material he/she creates, unless it is ceded to
someone else. The copyright notice merely draws attention to the fact.
The
copyright notice on a document alone is insufficient to prove copyright,
and
its omission does not negate the writer's copyright.