On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Guy Harris wrote:
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> I suspect "(c)" is probably good enough. (I'm not even sure how much
> stuff needs to put in there to count as sufficient notice to refute
> claims of innocent infringement.)
I've been told that "(c)" is meaningless, or at least no more effective
than "", but that the full word, as in:
Copyright 1900 by New Millennium Software.
works. I think the discussion surrounding the GPL includes some remarks
to that effect. This is all hearsay, though, not legal advice, so if you
want to be *sure* then contact an IP lawyer and pay for an opinion. The
form above is what I use.
As for ongoing works, the common practice seems to be:
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 by I.M. Pedantic & Company.
but again it's not advice you could take into court.
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