Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 02:20:41 +0200 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! Message-ID: <1812892919.20050507022041@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <427C0876.4080506@makeworld.com> References: <20050506103934.10FA34BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <20050506140118.GB77760@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <427BC142.2030702@cloudview.com><427C0876.4080506@makeworld.com>
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Chris writes: > Hahaha - good stuff! Yanno, last I knew (and that was some time ago) You > had to submit writings for review to the copyright folks here in the U.S. It has never been that way. Copyright exists in any work fixed in a tangible medium at the time of its creation. No formalities are necessary. > Then, if they deem it so, you then had to pay a fee to have it > copyrighted. No, you do not. You may be confusing copyright with patents or trademarks. > As I said - this may or may not be the case any longer ... It has never been the case. > ... I didn't know that just by writing something, you were grandted all the > nifty perks of it being copywritten. As a matter of fact, just by writing something, you implicitly receive all the benefits of copyright (not copywriting, which is something entirely different). No formalities are necessary. > Then again - I'm not a lawyer. And to be frank, I couldn't care less either. So it seems. It's worthwhile to at least make an effort not to infringe on the copyrights of others, though, as litigation can be costly. -- Anthony
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