From Adam J Weitzman Sent Fri, Oct 31st 1997, 20:01
From Adam J Weitzman Sent Fri, Oct 31st 1997, 20:01
[Meant for this to go to the lists; my original response went only to
Ami.]
More than one person on this list insist on this every so often. It
simply isn't true.
If it's on CD, it's protected by copyright. You don't need a symbol.
You don't need a statement. All countries that are signatories to the
Berne Convention (including the US and Germany) recognize copyright
implicitly. Go to
ftp://ftp.aimnet.com/pub/users/carroll/law/copyright/faq/part2 and skip
down to section 2.3 to read the details.
Now, if you want to make copies for people, as long as you do it in a
non-commercial fashion (i.e., you don't charge for it), you are
protected by the Audio Home Recording Act. This Act made recording for
non-commercial purposes an activity which did not breach copyright.
But don't claim that Fax releases aren't copyrighted, because they are.
As soon as it was recorded and fixed onto a medium, it was protected by
copyright.
[And an additional note:]
Under no circumstances can you claim royalties for the work until the
copyright expires (which consists of the life of the author plus an
additional 50 years).
-- Adam J Weitzman -- Individual, Inc. -- http://www.individual.com --
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