[sac-board] Re: Fw: copyrighted or public domain of double star data base

The web is about as public as it gets.....kind of a world-wide public, as it
were.

/Bob

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Hopkins" <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:01 PM
Subject: [sac-board] Re: Fw: copyrighted or public domain of double star
data base


> >On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:11:22 -0700, Jeff Hopkins wrote:
> >
> >>  Most stuff on the web is not copyrighted and whatever is put on the
> >>  web is up for grabs. You can add a copyright notice and people can
> >>  ignore it.
> >
> >By the treaty called the Berne Convention, since circa 1995, everything
is
> >copyrighted unless placed in the public domain.  There is no requirement
> >that the material requires a copyright notice unless you plan on
> >officially registering the copyright.  I might be wrong on this last
part,
> >so check out the Copyright Office's web site at the Library of Congress.
> >
> > -Paul
>
> What is more public domain than the web?
>
> Jeff
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