On Nov 30, 2007 10:13 AM, Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Dan Scott wrote:
>
> > In that case, you should:
> >
> > 1) Have a legal entity that you can assign copyright to (PHP Group and
> > PHP Documentation Group are not legal entities and therefore cannot
> > hold copyright) and
>
> Actually, I think the issue is more that:
>
> > > > However, a ~couple months ago IBM gave permission to remove this
> > > > copyright (because the authors are listed as general contributors,
> > > > thus representing IBM) although we've not yet implemented this
> > > > removal. We did [temporary] remove it about six months ago but...
>
> There is no requirement in most countries* to show that something is
> copyrighted, as it's a basic right. It's protected by default, so the
> whole "(c) 2005 IBM Corporation" is unnecessary. None of the other
> contributers ever required something like this.
>
> * Atleast in the Netherlands, and what I gather from wikipedia also in
> the US through the Berne convention
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works)
>
>
> regards,
>
> Derick
>
> --
> Derick Rethans
> http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org
Derick,
You're completely correct, if they reside in a country that signed
on with the Berne Convention. The only reason one would want to
register the Copyright (in the United States) would be if there was
anticipated infringement for which the author or Copyright holder
would be eligible for legal recourse.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#mywork
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