Re: Waiver of copyright

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Kevin Grierson <kgrierson[_at_]wilsav.com> wrote:

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By waiver of all copyright rights, do you mean dedicating a work to the public domain? If not, disregard the following.

Berne Convention does not have anything on dedicating works to the public domain. (You can find Berne Convention at: http://www.wipo.org/treaties/ip/berne ) In some countries such as France where moral rights cannot be alienated, you cannot dedicate your works to the public domain no matter how badly you want to do it.

In the U.S., there is no prescribed formula for dedicating a work to the public domain. All you have to do is to produce a very clear statement stating that you dedicate your work to the public domain. So, you have some flexibility in making statement.

The book _The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More_ by Attorney Stephen Fishman has few pages about dedicating works to the public domain (look up the index for "dedication to public domain").

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>

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Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 01:28:56 GMT