Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 08:56:13 11/18/05
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On November 18, 2005 at 11:41:12, Ted Summers wrote: >On November 18, 2005 at 11:35:53, Andrew Williams wrote: > > >> >>Proving you own the copyright is different to owning the copyright. As soon as >>you create something, it belongs to you. Whether or not you can prove it >>subsequently is a different question entirely. But it is VERY important to >>understand that you don't have to assert your ownership of something you have >>created to legally be the owner of it. >> >>Andrew > >On the whole I agree with your last statement. However I still believe there is >a problem with a copyright that is not spelled out. Just what automatic rights >would would a person be claiming? I think the key thing is that by creating something, you gain ownership over it. So if I give you a program (opening book, painting, etc) that I have created, I own the copyright UNLESS I specifically state that I wish to give it up. Look at it this way: Suppose I write a 300 page novel. On the title page I write "The British Novel, by Andrew Williams". Suppose someone comes in and takes the other 299 pages, they can't claim copyright just because my name isn't on those pages. Now suppose that I write my second novel, but this time I plan to do the title page last. If I print off all the other pages and someone comes along and steals them, the copyright is still mine, even if I never got round to typing up the title page. Andrew PS My apologies if I was abrupt in my first message - I mistook you for one of the cartoon characters that seem to inhabit CCC at the moment.
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