Re: Check out the FAQ (was Re: Wow, My GS made that noise?????)

[pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert)]

sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms) writes:

>In article <19971104053000.AAA05992@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON) wrote:

>> It's nice to see that everything you post is copyrighted. You must be sending
>>  the government a whole dumpster load of money and forms.

>There is no form to fill out or send to have copyright of your written
>works. You automatically have the copyright on works that you author.

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>W. Sheldon Simms III   |   2000 is *still* the 20th century
>sheldon@atlcom.net     |

Although I wouldn't hold my breath that it's true globally. AFAIR, the laws
w.r.t publically posting material are in many countries analagous to releasing
it into the public domain. I seem to recall that the US had that at one 
stage, but it may have been overturned by now.

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