Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2008-08-22 01:38
blazian wrote:
> If it's not published, does that mean it's also not
> copyrighted?
>
No (though publication brings forth other very important rights). It probably meets the copyright statute's definition of published, though:
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“Publication” is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication.
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