[Heathkit] Re: Copyright protection

[Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF]

While you may be legally protected, in the real world, you are not. Unless you
have tens of thousands to pay for legal fees, enforcement is not going to
happen. If you do not want it taken, then do not make it available in the public
domain to be taken.	
	
Laws are one thing, but enforceing them is quite another!

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From: Ted Bruce <kilocycles at yahoo.com>
To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Heathkit] Re: Copyright protection
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:56 PM

Adding to Glen's excellent post on the subject, a
person can make it clear to the reader or user of the
work that the work is an original work and is
copyrighted by him, by stating so and using the
copyright symbol on web sites, printed material and
other media stated in the Act.

This does not constitute registration of the copyright
under the law, but it does show claim to ownership of
the work and is useful as evidence for filing suit for
copyright infringement in court.  As Glen said,
registration of copyrighted material is not required
for protection under the law.

Of course, the act of a person putting a copyright
symbol and statement of copyright on work created by
others does not give the person copyright protection
under the law; in fact, that is illegal.

If you are putting your original work or content on
your web site, it helps to state so and use the
symbol.

73,
Ted KX4OM

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