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In article <ui8VwB1w164w@jwt.UUCP> bbs-cyclic@jwt.UUCP writes:
>Does anybody know the correct procedures for obtaining a copyright?  Any 
>and all advice is welcomed.  Thanks.

Copyright (c) 1993 Bruce R. Giles.  All rights reserved.

BTW, this is _not_ necessary, it simply provides additional legal
protection.  _All_ creative work is "born copyrighted;" the legal
definition of "creative work" only requires it not be blindingly
obvious (e.g., the white pages of the phone book does not have a
"compilation" copyright) and that more than one expression is possible
(the opcodes of a CPU cannot be copyrighted since only those codes
will cause the CPU to perform the desired operations; the nmenonic 
codes used to describe those opcodes _can_ be copyrighted since you
could use "MOV" or "MOVE" or "MV" or... and you could use different
operand ordering).

There is a central registry where you can send material but nobody
bothers with software -- it is only used by literary authors.

As to look-and-feel "copyrights", the jury is still out.  I personally
find these an obscene perversion of the law by large companies attempting
to stiffle competition (imagine if Ford Motor Company had patented the
"Steering Wheel, gas pedal on right and brake pedal in center" look-and-feel
of automotive control!), but I can't afford a team of high-power lawyers
to file an endless series of lawsuits.


Bear Giles
bear@fsl.noaa.gov/colorado.edu