Re: Implied vs. explicit copyright

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> writes:

> I mentioned this thread to my solicitor earlier, just out of pure
> interest, and he was on the opinion that as "(c)" or "(C)" are the most
> common, not to mention closest, representation of the symbol in computer
> source code that any sane judge would accept them (in the UK, at least).

This is probably true: for the UK.  The UK does not have the rigid
rules that the US does in the statute, but instead just requires
notice, and leaves it up to the courts to decide what counts as
notice.  Surely (c) would be considered notice for all but really
stupid defendants.

Thomas