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Re: Is public domain possible?
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Tim Smith |
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Re: Is public domain possible? |
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Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:50:13 -0700 |
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In article
<8f83183d-5b17-40dd-a9d9-f93d4279230c@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
Jerry <story.jerry@gmail.com> wrote:
> On this page ...
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html
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> Under: "Public domain software" ...
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> Is this statement:
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> --- [ begin quote ] ---
> Under the Berne Convention, which most countries have signed, anything
> written down is automatically copyrighted. This includes programs.
That statement is not quite correct. For example, I wrote down a
grocery list the other day, and it did not automatically become
copyrighted, as it is not sufficiently original to be eligible for
copyright protection.
A better statement would be that a work that is eligible for copyright
protection becomes copyrighted as soon as it is written down.
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--Tim Smith