From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 7 00:20:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003F516A4D4 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 00:20:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD1943D7F for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 00:20:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 18BE21C00092 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 02:20:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id ED5741C0008B for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 02:20:42 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050507002042972.ED5741C0008B@mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 02:20:41 +0200 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1812892919.20050507022041@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <427C0876.4080506@makeworld.com> References: <20050506103934.10FA34BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <20050506140118.GB77760@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <427BC142.2030702@cloudview.com><427C0876.4080506@makeworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 00:20:44 -0000 Chris writes: > Hahaha - good stuff! Yanno, last I knew (and that was some time ago) You > had to submit writings for review to the copyright folks here in the U.S. It has never been that way. Copyright exists in any work fixed in a tangible medium at the time of its creation. No formalities are necessary. > Then, if they deem it so, you then had to pay a fee to have it > copyrighted. No, you do not. You may be confusing copyright with patents or trademarks. > As I said - this may or may not be the case any longer ... It has never been the case. > ... I didn't know that just by writing something, you were grandted all the > nifty perks of it being copywritten. As a matter of fact, just by writing something, you implicitly receive all the benefits of copyright (not copywriting, which is something entirely different). No formalities are necessary. > Then again - I'm not a lawyer. And to be frank, I couldn't care less either. So it seems. It's worthwhile to at least make an effort not to infringe on the copyrights of others, though, as litigation can be costly. -- Anthony