Re: copyright and public records

On Thu, Feb 24, 2000, Barbara L. Friedman <blfriedman[_at_]bryancavellp.com> wrote:
>
> If one files a copyright registration -- say for software -- does the
> source code filed as the deposit copy become a public record? Can
> anyone access the material? Will the Copyright Office provide it to
> anyone who requests it? Someone just mentioned the trade secret
> provision of the Copyright Act as a way to keep the material secret.
> Has anyone heard of this?

You can blank out trade secrets and sensitive lines with a black pen and you only have to file the first 50 pages.

Greg Erkins
<gerkins[_at_]gci.net> Received on Fri Feb 25 2000 - 17:41:36 GMT