Re: Copyright Infringement Happening at Conference Group - Help!

William J. Scanlon <wscanlon[_at_]execpc.com> wrote:
>
> Joseph P. Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com> wrote:
> >
> > The most [important] thing to remember is the date March 1, 1989.
> > Before that date, anyone in the U.S. has to put a copyright notice on
> > a fixed work in order to secure copyright in the work. After that
> > date, no one is required to do that. The copyright exists from the
> > moment a person puts his expression in a fixed material...
>
> The date is January 1, 1978 - not March 1, 1989.
>
> After January 1, 1978, copyright notice on a work when it is first
> published in the United States under authority of the copyright owner
> is not required to secure copyright in the work.
>
> However, it is still wise to include copyright notice on published works
> because such notice is required in order to secure various remedies
> against infringers.
>

Actually, it was 1989 when this particular formality was dropped.

Mark Lemley
<mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> Received on Mon Jul 20 1998 - 15:54:53 GMT