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Intellectual Property From Jim on 20 Jan '99 replying to Re: copyright information posted by Jeff >The material doesn't have to say >it is copyrighted to have a degree of copyright protection. Indeed. As soon as a thought leaves a person's head and becomes physical text of any sort, it becomes their 'intellectual property' from that point onwards, by default. A copyright notice is just for extra emphasis, so that if a case comes to court the defendant can't claim ignorance.

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>>The material doesn't have to say >>it is copyrighted to have a degree of copyright protection. > >Indeed. As soon as a thought leaves a person's head and becomes >physical text of any sort, it becomes their 'intellectual property' >from that point onwards, by default. A copyright notice is just for >extra emphasis, so that if a case comes to court the defendant can't >claim ignorance.