Smitty Two wrote:


Sorry, Meat. Any creative work is protected by copyright law from the
moment of its creation. Letter to Mom, drawing on the napkin at the
diner, or newsgroup post. You do not need to register a copyright to
make it valid, nor do you need to state "this is copyrighted yada yada
yada."

Only in the U.S. and only since the late 1980s.

In order for it to be properly protected, you do need both the copyright
notice with the year and "all rights reserved".

In the US if you do not file a copy with the US Library of Congress you
loose the right to obtain damages beyond those specified by law, if you
do you can ask for tripple damages.

There is also no such thing as an international copyright, the Berne Convention
provides reciprotity, meaning that something under copyright protection in the
US is under copyright protection here, but according to Israeli law, not
US law.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM