Re: ability to put work in public domain

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, David Bozak <dab[_at_]cs.oswego.edu> wrote:
>
> i thought the conclusion based on the considered thought of members
> of this list was that you couldn't just put your copyrighted piece
> into the "public domain" since there is no mechanism for relinquishing
> the copyright...

Maybe some members; certainly not all. Nothing in the Copyright Act prevents abandonment of copyright; forfeture, yes; abandonment, no.

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