Re: Use of the copyright symbol.

[Pat Costello <patrickcostello eircom net>]

ok,

I understand your hesitation.

I'll see if I can get some bona fide, genuinely bewigged advice on the 
circle-with-a-c requirement, when used  with the word "Copyright". Hold 
that space, I'll be back.

Pat

> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:50:24 +1100
> From: Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au>
> To: gnome-doc-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Use of the copyright symbol.
>
> Patrick,
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 08:35:32PM +0000, Pat Costello wrote:
>  
>
> > The suggestion that I made was as follows:
> >
> > Copyright [copyright date] [copyright owner]
> >
> > Are you saying that the use of the "c in a circle" symbol is also 
> > required in the UCC context, even if the word "Copyright" is used? If 
> > that is the case, then I can request the Sun legal eagles for some legal 
> > advice.
> >    
>
> Yes. My understanding is that "c in a circle" (the copyright symbol) is
> required by the UCC, but it's not usually necessary these days since
> most countries are Bern signatories or WTO members.
>
> However, I think that legal advice is required if we can get some. I
> also don't want us to wander down a path where the above format may not
> be good enough for some people, due to their local laws (I'm mean that I
> don't know and international laws are so varied).
>
> Malcolm
>
>