Yes, it will be copyrighted Michael.
Thank you.
--- Misha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Regarding publishing issues for the forthcoming
> book: I think that the best
> way to protect your work is still the old-fashioned
> way: Copyright it! It
> covers all bases and gives you rights for a long
> time to come. That way also,
> if you have to ever defend your rights, the fact
> that you've registered it
> allows you more options as opposed to the automatic
> copyright you have just in
> the fact of publishing it and indicating that it's
> copyrighted material.
>
> I think that unauthorized copying is always an
> issue, almost always has been.
> A certain percentage of people will copy works and
> give them to their friends,
> etc. But this is so minimal as not to be an issue
> really. Additionally, for a
> "niche" book like this one, any plagiarism is going
> to be glaringly and
> immediately obvious. In other words, if someone
> tries to rip off a work of
> this nature and offer it for sale, only a cursory
> inspection will reveal that
> it's your work, pilfered! After all, who else out
> there is undertaking this
> kind of project?
>
> Two more things: 1) There is a way to create a PDF
> that cannot be printed. But
> of course, this doesn't protect from copying and
> distributing. Perhaps a PDF
> marketed under a shareware concept? 2) Or, just bite
> the bullet and distribute
> on paper only. You could "watermark" your drawings
> in Photoshop or some other
> program that'll do that just to be on the safe side.
>
> I'm sure there are other ways to protect your work.
> But again, in short, the
> risk of copying just comes with the territory.
> Protect yourself as best you
> can, grin and bear it, and keep your ear to the
> ground for other work that
> appears on the scene that might be ripping you off.
>
> Copying protected works, especially of limited
> marketability, is probably
> just too much trouble for most criminally inclined
> people anyway. They'd
> rather pirate software or music CDs; there's more
> money in it.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> � Michael
>
>
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