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In article <1992Oct13.063649.2027@RedBrick.COM> jfr@RedBrick.COM () writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.182241.11112@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jgeniec@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Joseph A Geniec) writes:
>>     I am a new shareware developer, and I intend to upload my
>>software to BBS's. What is the best way I can go about
>>copyrighting shareware?
>>
>>                                             J.G.
>
>  Simple inclusion of a copyright notice:
>
>        Copyright (c) MeMyself AndI, 1992
>        All rights reserved
>
>  is totally sufficient to secure copyright *protection*.  This notice
      Use of a notice on works published on or after March 1, 1989
      is voluntary, not required for copyright protection .

>  should be included at the top of all source files and any other file
>  or document that might be inspected independently.  It is NOT necessary
>  to put the notice on every page or on every so many lines.  The assumption
>  is that anyone inspecting the work will look at the front of it in order
>  to determine its copyright status.  
>
>  Securing copyright *protection* and actually being able to recover
>  damages from violators are two different things.  If you have in fact
>  copyrighted a work AND published it (the act of publication turns it
>  into a copyrightable work) you are protected from the date of publication
         Not since U.S. joined Berne Convention.  See below

>  but you are not permitted to actually sue anyone for a violation UNTIL
>  YOU REGISTER your copyright.  This is done by filing a form along with
>  some amount of money (about $50 or so, although it may have gone up 
>         The fee is $20 and the form is Form TX for literary works,
          which is how a computer program is processed.  Processing
          time is about 12 weeks.  

>  given the $4 trillion dollar deficit :-) and a required copy of your
>  work with the Copyright Office in Washington D.C. (or one of its
>  regional offices).  Once the form is filed, you have a statutory
                     Once registration issues, 

>  copyright which gives you grounds to sue for damages against anyone
>  violating your copyright.  While you can only get statutory damages from
>  date of registration, the fact that you had NOT registered does not
>  preclude you from establishing actual loss of revenues or profits.
>  These may be recovered AFTER registration for losses incurred prior
>  to registration.  In all cases, you must have provided the proper
>  notices on all published works in order to be protected at all.
         See above.  Notice on published works since March 1, 1989
         is voluntary, not required for copyright protection.
         Copyright protection begins when a work is fixed in
         tangible medium (ie, on paper, film, disk, tape, etc.)


>
>  Good luck,
>
>  Jon Rosen


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