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 Copyright on unpublished works, such as private letters, does exist and is enforceable.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. -- SunOSish, adj: requiring | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 32-bit bug numbers. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu