Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 21:14:27 -0500
From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re: Re: Re: WSFA Journalism Projects
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Ted White wrote:

>>>What copyright issue?   Few if any fanzines were copyrighted in the '60s
>>>and '70s.
>>>
>>Copyright is automatic. Registering a copyright only simplifies the
>>procedure for bringing up a lawsuit for infringement -- but if you
>>create something and put it in permanent form, it's copyrighted and
>>could be infringed.
>>
>
>That's true now.  It was not true in the '60s and '70s.
>
Ah. Now that you mention it, I vaguely remember that.

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Jim Kling
science writer
Rockville, MD
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