2007-10-17 02:50:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The USA conformed to the Berne Convention in about 1984. That shifted the copyright from publication date to death date of the author. Under Berne, all creative works are automatically copyrighted by the author once in fixed form.
Previously, publication and subsequent registration required the copyright symbol and date to be displayed, but that is now of historical interest only. Under current law, the copyright symbol can be used both for unregistered works and without a date.
2007-10-20 07:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The copyright symbol is a formality. Its absence or presence does not affect whether a work has copyright protection or whether the copyright has been registered with the Library of Congress. (Works not registered still have copyright protection upon creation and saving to a fixed medium.)
As far as I know, it's been this way forever.
2007-10-17 02:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
should have the symbol but not essential. U. S. Government printing office has a copy of the copyright laws available on the internet.
2007-10-21 01:40:03 · answer #3 · answered by pilot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋