Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Internationalist posturings.
Message-ID: <1988Dec1.002137.25971@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1969@garth.UUCP> <7921@dasys1.UUCP> <1988Nov27.003012.28598@utzoo.uucp> <1069@proxftl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 88 00:21:37 GMT

In article <1069@proxftl.UUCP> greg@proxftl.UUCP (Gregory N. Hullender) writes:
>It is true that the author of a work holds a copyright on it just for having
>created it, but to enforce that copyright he must perfect it, which he does
>by placing a valid copyright notice on it and registering that copyright with
>the appropriate authorities...

Notice and registration are necessary only for *published* works.  Copyright
on unpublished works, such as private letters, does exist and is enforceable.
Really.  Consult a lawyer before doing anything rash.
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