Maybe you are confused with a compilation notice that would say "All
Content Copyright and other rights reserved by its Respective Owners" or
something similar. That is not the same thing as claiming ownership
using the "c" inside the circle.
There is also a difference between claiming a copyright for individual
works as part of a compilation as opposed to claiming a copyright on the
compilation itself (which is what the current notice is).
Russ
On 10/6/2015 1:08 AM, Milly Bitcoin wrote:
The copyright notice refers to the fact that each contributor owns
copyright
to his own contributions. There is no legal group that owns copyright
to the
entirety of the code.
No, that is not what such a notice means. The part after the "c" in the
circle is the legal owner. If the legal owners are not properly
identified then the notice is not valid.
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From Nolo:
What is a valid copyright notice?
A copyright notice should contain:
•the word "copyright"
•a "c" in a circle (©)
•the date of publication, and
•the name of either the author or the owner of all the copyright rights
in the published work.
For example, the correct copyright for the fourth edition of The
Copyright Handbook, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo), is Copyright © 1998 by
Stephen Fishman.
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from USPTO:
Use of the notice informs the public that a work is protected by
copyright, identifies the copyright owner, and shows the year of first
publication.
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Russ
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