Hi, > It is my understanding that if a file has not been substantially changed, > that it is not necessary to change the year on a Copyright notice every > time the year rolls over.
INAL but under US law my understanding is: - The copyright notice contains the word copyright or the symbol, the year of publication, and the name of the owner. - It’s not required to state this and protection is automatic. - it the year is wrong and it’s before the data of publication the data of publication is taken. - if the year is out by more than one year then the notice is considered invalid. See 405 and 406 of [1] and [2]. So does it really matter? Probably not as we’ll be dead long before copyright expires but it best to put the year(s) of publication. Thanks, Justin 1. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title17/chapter4&edition=prelim 2. http://www.quizlaw.com/copyrights/what_happens_if_there_is_an_er.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
