Fwd: RE: (ET) CD Rom etc.

[Tim Humphrey <thumphrey yahoo com>]

According to the link you included, if the manual
was published prior to
1978 and does not bear a copyright notice then it is
NOT copyright
protected.

"NOTE: Before 1978, federal copyright was generally
secured by the act of publication with notice of
copyright, assuming compliance with all other
relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the
public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works
published without satisfying all conditions for
securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of
1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976
Copyright Act. "
 
 
 The keywords are "assuming compliance with all other
relevant statutory conditions". Publications prior to
the 1976 copyright act had to be labelled as
copyrighted material or else they were not, and are
considered public property.
 
> > ----------
> > From:       TVWAHL webtv net[SMTP:TVWAHL webtv net]
> > Sent:       Saturday, January 29, 2000 23:47
> > To:         elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu
> > Subject:    (ET) CD Rom etc.
> > 
> > Instead of endless discussion about the
> possibility of creating a CD ROM
> > or other reproduction of existing material on
> Electrak publications, why
> > not look at the basics at the US Patent Office
> online? The location is:
> > http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
> > 
> > When you do your homework you will discover that
> all published material
> > is immediately copyright protected at publication
> without even applying
> > for a copyright! Unless you determine the current
> copyright owner and
> > reach a finantial agreement or release you are in
> danger of legal action
> > against you. 
> > 
> > I am the successful bidder for the service manual
> offered on ebay
> > recently and I have already received a number of
> requests for copies of
> > it. This is illegal activity and I will not do it
> unless the owner gives
> > me permission to do so. The whole purpose of
> copyright protection is to
> > potect the financial interests of the copyright
> owner.
> > 
> 
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