In most countries (including the US) the copyright notice is not
necessary -- so it doesn't matter whether it is printed in bold
14 point type in flashinging neon pink, or 3 pt type in light gray
on a white background. Material is assumed to be copyrighted.
>From Eric Thomas:
>
> On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:46:01 -0800 (PST) Berg <berg@eskimo.com> said:
>
> > Why? Because most mailreaders have the option to display full
> >mail headers, but most people disable that feature. It is not the fault
> >of the listowner that people choose not to see something they are
> >capable of seeing.
>
> Surely you must have laws in the US about fine print on the back of an
> agreement, you know, the ones in light gray on a dark gray background.
> These laws are based on the fact that if you go out of your way to make
> sure someone doesn't see a warning, you can't later claim that this
> person should have seen the warning, even though most people do have the
> ability to read these warnings with a good light and possibly a magnifier
> glass. The same applies here. Thousands of people could make a genuine
> mistake because YOU went out of your way to hide the banner from them,
> when the natural thing is to put the copyright at or near the top of the
> text itself, like everyone else does. If you're lucky you'll be found
> negligent (ie technically incompetent). If you're unlucky the court will
> think you were trying to be deceitful. And that's assuming that there WAS
> a command to display these headers and they were not removed by a
> gateway.
>
> This being said, you don't need a copyright banner to exercise your
> rights.
>
> Eric
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Regards,
Merrill Cook
Louisville KY
mcook@pcusa.org or MERRILL COOK on Ecunet/PresbyNet
http://www.pcusa.org/pcusa.html
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