[sqlacid]

Copyright question, the copyright page says draft published 12/29/2018, but the copyright is 2019; doesn't that mean somebody could have taken the work, published as their own as copyright 2018 on 12/30/2018 which would be earlier than the author's 2019 claim? I'm not a copyright expert by any means, but am always troubled when I see "Copyright $CURRENT_DATE" in electronic works, I thought it was supposed to reflect the earliest date of claim.

[jefferickson]

Oops. I'd say submit a bug report, but as of yesterday it become moot.

As others have said, the copyright notice is only a courtesy/reminder. I've held the copyright on all this stuff from the moment I started writing it (and distributing it) 20 years ago.

[ggggtez]

No, because copyright law doesn't care what the copyright date says, or even if you write it at all.

As soon as you write something, you have the copyright to what you wrote. If it was challenged in court, he would likely easily be able to show his drafts from prior to 12/29/2018 to prove he was the author.

[flyGuyOnTheSly]

You don't actually have to place a copyright on original works like this. Copyright is granted whether you put the little c symbol and date or not.