On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Edward Barrow <edward[_at_]plato32.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > (I dislike "decopyright" because, besides being ugly, it implies
> > a verb "to copyright")
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> Do you also dislike the word "decapitate" for analogous reasons?
Since the issue has now implicitly raised its head (only to have it cut off), it is worth noting the contrast between British and American usage. Possibly due to the late 19th/early 20th century abandonment of the link between registration and copyright (in accordance with Berne), the verb 'copyright' and the plural form 'copyrights' do not exist/are seldom used in British English.
Could the US usage be regarded as Caliban's revenge (you have taught me language and my profit on it is, I know how to curse)?
Julian Warner
Assistant Director - Research
School of Management
The Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
j.warner[_at_]qub.ac.uk Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 12:54:51 GMT
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