Re: web-publishing & copyright...

From: Bernard Katz <bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:13:45 -0500 ()

On 15 Mar 1998, Ryan Day <rmday[_at_]chat.carleton.ca> wrote:
>
> This may be one of those newbie-type posts which everybody hates so
> much, but it's not so much a question as it is a verification:
>
> I'm considering posting some of my short stories I've written on my
> web page, and I want to know if they're automatically protected; that
> is, do I have to go through some large, complex, expensive process to
> get them copyrighted? Or can I just put them up without fear of them
> being stolen and appearing in some B-movie five years from now?
>
> I've done some digging on the web, and from what I've seen, it
> *looks* like I don't need to bother with any long, complicated copyright
> process; can anyone tell me if I'm right?
>
> Any answers/advice would be welcome.

I don't think you have to do anything "long,[or] complicated", Ryan. BUT I certainly wouldn't be without "fear of them being stolen"! Too many folks posting something on the Web is the same as an invitation to "take" it.

Good luck,

Bernard Katz, Head, Special Collections and Library Development

	      McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
	  and Chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force

<bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca> Received on Mon Mar 16 1998 - 19:15:08 GMT