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by mistercow 5117 days ago
Yes, it does. In the US, all copyrightable creative works (which includes CSS files) are copyrighted by default as soon as they are created. The system is opt-out, not opt-in.
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cdcarter 5117 days ago
In fact, there's not even an opt-out. You can just create a permissive license. There is no authoritative way to release a work into Public Domain.
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klapinat0r 5117 days ago
Exactly. In the US.
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mistercow 5117 days ago
Hmm, you do have a point. It seems that Malaysian and Indian law are what we need to know here, since that's where the two parties are based.
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asto 5117 days ago
Indian copyright law is the same. Copyrightable works are copyrighted by default.
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