On 03/17/99, Steve Jamar <sjamar[_at_]law.howard.edu> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Earl Horsefield <ehorsefield[_at_]usgs.gov> wrote:
> >
> > How about
> >
> > Copyright (c) 1999 by (Name) and copyright vacated
> > immediately thereafter.
>
> The others have been silly and adequately (and undeservedly) answered
> seriously. But this one is not viable for a very different reason - the
> term "vacated" is a term of art in the law and has nothing to do with
> relinquishing or abandoning or dedicating a right to the public.
I don't understand why the word `vacate' or `vacated' would not have the dictionary definition in the law, when not talking about occupancy of an office houws etc... - in my Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary copyright (latest) 1961 the very first definition is "1. To annul, make void; as to vacate a charter" - so why would it not be proper to say vacate or vacated for a copyright???
Earl Horsefield
<ehorsefield[_at_]usgs.gov>
Received on Tue Mar 23 1999 - 21:26:49 GMT
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