On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 3:55 AM [GMT+0800=SGT],
supreet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you don't explicitly state and assert your right to that
> text, lawfully it would be public domain AFAIK
No. This is not something I can argue over, it is the law. Wether we
agree or not makes no difference.
Copyright is not "granted", or "claimed", it exists when a work is
"fixed". When you stop typing, your mail, the "work" obtains
copyright protection for you, the "author". You do not have to claim
it. It is yours.
If you wish to contest a claim where someone has voilated your
copyright, his defence may be stronger (and liability may be lessend),
if he can show that you never enforced or defended your claim. This
is no different to Property Law, where repeated use of a right-of-way,
without hinderence by you, may weaken your claim on your land.
However, your land does NOT become "common land". It is still yours.
Public Domain is a specific legal term, and exists for 2 cases only.
1 When copyright protection has expired.
2 When the "Author" has renounced his claim.
You are probably confusing copyright with trademarks, which are
created "artificially", and have to be "continuosly" defended.
I said this a couple of weeks ago, in a mail to LL, and I repeat:
Copyright is not Patent Protection is not Trademarks
--
Sanjeev
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