On 06/19/2000, John Noble <jnoble[_at_]dgsys.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know that I'd characterize it as a tenet of copyright, but
> copyright protection does extend to unpublished works and reserves
> to the author the discretion to publish or not publish. While
> registration requires a deposit, copyright protection is not limited
> to registered works.
Of course, you have to register your copyright to be able to sue for copyright infringement, so copyright is of limited use in protecting trade secrets. As I think Robert noted, you can redact up to 49% of a work that you register with the Copyright office, but the redacted portion isn't registered.
Kevin Grierson
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