Re: Asimov Site

[Sandra Warnken <warnken@mother.com>]

According to "Copyright Basics" 1996 version you have to apply for
copyright. Three things required: 1. properly completed application form
2.  $20 filing fee for each application 3. deposit of the work being
registered.  
 
There are items that cannot be copyrighted.  It must be completely new -
doesn't contain substantial material previously published or registered or
is in the public domain.  

The good news is that an attorney isn't required to file and application.

Sandy


On 29 Aug 2000, Paul Schlyter wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000828084518.12214A-100000@step.mother.com>,
> Sandra Warnken  <warnken@mother.com> wrote:
>  
> > This should apply to copyright.  A person who went to the trouble of
> > copyrighting their product should
>  
> Yeah, that's REALLY a lot of trouble to do that....   <g>
>  
> Perhaps you're not aware of that anything is copyrighted unless the
> author explicitly says it's NOT copyrighted.....  So if you do
> nothing about the copyright, it's by default copyrighted.  Not that
> much trouble to do that, right?
>  
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