RE: Copyright warning notices

MessageSince March 1, 1989, a copyright notice has not been required under U.S. copyright law. That said, there are good reasons to include it however, the least of which is to make it abundantly clear to the public that the copyright owner is concerned with controlling rights. See Copyright Office Circular Three for more on the notice http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.pdf.

Sincerely,

Robert Panzer

VAGA (Visual Artists and Galleries Association) 350 Fifth Avenue
Suite 2820
New York, NY 10118
tel: 212 736 6666
fax: 212 736 6767
rpanzer[_at_]vagarights.com

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  From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org]On Behalf Of colin   Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:21 PM   To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property   Subject: [CNI-(C)] Copyright warning notices

  Hi

  As a British librarian transplanted to sunny AZ, I'm trying to get to grips with US copyright law, which is just different enough from UK law to keep me on my toes!

  I know that copyright warning notices are required to be placed by photocopiers etc, in libraries and archives (and I have the prescribed text for those, which specifically mentions libraries and archives), but what about in other areas of a college or school? Are we required to place warning notices by other copiers, and if so, is there a prescribed text we need to display?

  I don't know if this makes a difference, but we are a small private college, so the institution is therefore 'for profit'.

  Thanks in advance for any advice given!

  Colin Received on Thu Mar 31 2005 - 01:20:00 GMT