On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 04:12:28PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > So more to the point: there are many many references which say > "c-in-parens doesn't count" None of which are legally significant. > there is a reference which says what does > count, and it doesn't include c-in-parens, and there is a reference > which says that even trivial errors in certain parts of the notice > count as no notice at all. So in brief, there is no basis in law for the statement that "(c) is not valid as a notice of copyright". If your lawyer can't make a convincing argument in court that "(c)" is an acceptable alternative to the specified symbol, in a medium which cannot represent the official symbol, then find yourself a better lawyer. (Whether they would win or not varies per jurisdiction) -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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