Fwd: question about mailing lists license ,

[Michael Haney]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> The writer of the post owns the copyright, he does not give that away
> unless it is a registered copyright then he can sell it or give it away.

That kind is called a Common Law Copyright.  Anyone can put a
copyright notice on anything they write and it'll be a legal
copyright.  Its not registered but its still enforceable.  As far as I
know no court has ever dismissed a common law copyright,  but I could
be wrong.

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