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From: Hugh Messenger
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 11:17:00 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Whining about copyright

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Michael Will wrote:

> This seems to contradict what has been discussed here before. My
> understanding is that something has to be explicitly put in the public
> domain, and that by default everything published in any way is
> automatically copyrighted.

See my reply to Winslow's similar comment.

In a nutshell - yes, that's the letter of the law. But nobody has ever
(to my knowledge, and I try to keep up with the varios misc.legal groups
which discuss this issue) succesfully faught a copyright infringement case
involving either usenet or a mailing list and the "default" copyright,
whereas many people have gotten away with infringing such copyright.

This is why copyright notices exist, even though technically they are
unnecessary. What they do is clearly show that the author DOES care about
ownership, and gives them a MUCH better chance of winning restitution in
any legal action resulting from an infringement.

-- hugh