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James J. Besemer
jb at cascade-sys.com
Tue Sep 17 01:26:30 EDT 2002
Peter Hansen wrote:
> Copyright is actually a passive thing now, as opposed to active.
> That is, you don't have "to copyright your work", because unless
> you explicitly disclaim the copyright, you automatically get it.
True.
> As I recall, this was not always the case in at least the U.S.,
> but has been the case for a number of years now.
True.
Furthermore, even if you formally assign the copyright to somebody else,
I understand ownership eventually reverts to the original author after a
lengthy period (45 years or something). Evidently it preserves the
copyright for the heirs of the author.
--jb
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