Re: All Rights Reserved

On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]attymail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a newer one:
>
> Copyright 1997. All Rights Reserved. The author wishes to thank Judith
> Ricci for research assistance in the preparation of this Article.
>
> Under US law the above notice would be invalid as it doesn't identify
> the copyright owner in the notice. 17 U.S.C. 401(b)(3). Judith no doubt
> provided assistance in the research as to the necessity of the phrase
> "all rights reserved." :-)
>

OK, I'm back after a long absence, so if I missed something that explains this forgive me. But I assume the text Bob cites is in an author's dagger note, and therefore immediately follows (or perhaps precedes) the author's name. Arguably that is sufficient to "give reasonable notice of the claim of copyright." 401(c). Why isn't that ample?

Mark

Mark A. Lemley
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