Thank you
This should be a quiz show question.
I wonder how many could answer it.
DS
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 16:19:42 -0400 Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net>
writes:
>
> > On Jul 3, 2018, at 2:37 PM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote:
> > [..]
> > In the US (and in many other countries) copyright exists the
> moment
> > you create sometime and put your name to it. The US government
> does
> > *not* need to keep a record of it in order for copyright to
> happen.
> > From the US Copyright Office FAQ:
> >
> > When is my work protected?
> > Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created
> and
> > fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or
> > with the aid of a machine or device.
> >
> > <https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#mywork>
> >
> >
> > *Note: the correct spelling is "copyright" because the creator has
> the
> > RIGHT to say how a COPY is made.
>
> Yepâ¦
>
> As a software creator, I looked into this years ago. This was
> my interpretation of what I discovered.
>
> US copyright law regarding software is similar to that regarding the
>
> written word (Books, Magazines and etc). It is protected by
> copyright at the moment of creation.
>
> If I were to start writing a program and put my name in the initial
> comments, it would instantly fall under copyright law. In fact,
> while
> I typed on the keyboard, each new keypress would be protected.
>
> Unfortunatelyâ¦
>
> Although publishing the work can at least establish the date the
> protected
> work was created, it is only a partial solution. Without registering
> the
> copyrighted work with the US Copyright Office, the holder of the
> copyright will
> be on a poor legal footing and have a difficult time enforcing
> any copyright violations committed against their work.
>
> Jerome
>
> ( This message is Copyright 2018 Jerome Shidel. It its being
> licensed
> as a Public Domain work. You may reproduce this work in whole or
> in part. )
>
> :-)
>
>
>
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