Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!cca!dee From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers,net.legal Subject: Re: Douglas Adams, A new book? Message-ID: <1239@cca.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 14:49:25 EST Article-I.D.: cca.1239 Posted: Sat Jan 5 14:49:25 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:14:19 EST References: <2084@uw-june> <447@ukma.UUCP> <757@pucc-k>Reply-To: dee@cca-unix.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) Organization: Computer Corp America, Cambridge Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.books:1169 net.sf-lovers:5481 net.legal:1212 Summary: Under the new US Copyright law, a copyright notice is not defective if it gives a year one year in the future from the actual year of publication. However, the term of the copyright runs from the actual year of publication. There is also no problem if the year is correct or is earlier than the actual year of publication. If the year given is more than one year after the actual year of publication, it is as if no notice were put on the book. However, there are number of circumstances under which omission of notice is not fatal so you still can't tell if its completely in the public domain. -- + Donald E. Eastlake, III ARPA: dee@CCA-UNIX usenet: {decvax,linus}!cca!dee