Re: start of copyright period

On 7 Apr 2000, Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Copyright in an unpublished work begins when it is created. It
> lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.

Somebody ought to throw a clue to Q. Todd Dickinson about this (he is U.S. Patent Office director -- see his debate online with O'Reilly Associates CEO Tim O'Reilly):

   http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/patents/2000/05/24/PizzoFiles.html?page=4

(I'd do it, but for some reason the government doesn't listen to me right now.)

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