Hi John: Since this list cannot handle attachments, I will send you by separate note the best piece I have seen on the subject, which was written in the late 1990's. However, I have been told that US jurisprudence has since changed and now recognizes an implicit copyright. But again, I'm not a lawyer, and neither was the person who cited the change. -----Bob H----- On 4/3/2010 5:23 PM, John Cordes wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Re your statement about Canadian copyright law: I don't > believe that is the case. However, in a brief search I have > not found an *authoritative* reference for this. It would be > useful if someone could provide such a source. > > John > > On [2010-04-03 at 04:30pm] Bob Hegerich<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Malcolm: >> >> I'm not a lawyer either, but am fairly certain you are right on the >> mark. One point though . . . >> >> It has been my understanding that, under Canadian copyright law, it is >> necessary to expressly claim and register a copyright, whereas under US >> law, the courts have fairly recently held that that an author has >> an"implicit" copyright and need not register for the copyright to be valid. >> >> Know anything about that? >> >> -----Bob H----- >> > <quoted material snipped> > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >