On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:54:26 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2007-12-18, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:04:29 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> On 2007-12-18, Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Op Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:54:35 +0000, schreef Grant Edwards: >>>> >>>>> Uh what? I don't know what country you're in, but in the US, it >>>>> doesn't take any time at all to copyright something. The mere act >>>>> of writing something copyrights it. I thought it was the same in >>>>> Europe as well. >>>> >>>> No, it's only copyrighted when you _publish_ it. >>> >>> Interesting. So, in Europe, if somebody steals something you wrote >>> before you get it published, they're free to do with it as they >>> please? >> >> Please do not conflate theft and copyright infringement, or theft and >> plagiarism. > > I wasn't. If I write something down and somebody steals that paper, > that's theft.
In which case copyright isn't going to protect you -- especially if you were relying on automatic copyright and haven't registered it. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list