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by JoeAltmaier 3934 days ago
No attempt to protect a copyright means no rights.
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eric_bullington 3934 days ago
Nope, you're thinking of trademarks. Your copyright exists at the exact moment you create a copyrighted work, and you needn't do anything else to retain that right [1].

1. http://web.law.columbia.edu/keep-your-copyrights/copyrights

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JoeAltmaier 3933 days ago
Right, thanks!
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brudgers 3934 days ago
[IANAL] Not in the United States. Here copyright is owned by the author upon publication with only narrow and explicit exceptions.
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tptacek 3933 days ago
That's true of every Berne Convention country; it is the norm.
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nness 3934 days ago
That is incorrect. You are thinking of trademarks and patents.
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