Klarinet Archive - Posting 000148.txt from 2000/08

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] another copyright question
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:41:25 -0400

--- William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net> wrote:

> In patent law -- I think (?) -- if you don't offer a patented
> product to the public within a reasonable length of time, you lose the
> patent.
> Does the same apply to copyrights?

In copyright law, the creator of the work assumes a copyright the
moment his/her creation is placed into fixed form, whether (s)he
publishes it or not. Publication is simply the public dissemina-
tion of that work without substantial usage restrictions. If the
work remains in the creator's private possession and is never pub-
lished, the law continues to enforce his/her rights. -- Is this
accurate, Mark? I don't have the code in front of me right now.

Neil

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