> From: John Cowan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Yes. In the U.S. (and in practice everywhere), such a
> transfer must be in writing and signed by the
> developer.
>
[DJW:] The Free Software Foundations
assignment form, quoted recently,
appears to be in the form of a contract.
It includes a token payment to establish
a "consideration". *** IANAL ***
> No, the date that it was first fixed in a tangible
> medium such as paper, canvas, stone, or a hard disk.
> The date is not required, but makes the way of
> the infringer hard -- he cannot claim that he
> didn't know the work was still in copyright.
[DJW:]
I'd heard that it was the year of first publication;
international copyright law gives only limited
protection to unpublished works. *** IANAL ***
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[DJW:]
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