Ronald Florence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

| Actually, under the Bern Convention, which governs copyright in the
| US, most of Western Europe, and Latin America, any statement that
| indicates `ownership' of the work is equally valid.  Using the word
| copyright of the © symbol are traditional, and may be more readily
| recognized as symbols of ownership by a reader, but they have no legal
| significance.

Yes, strictly speaking you never have to claim copyright to get it.
"Written by ..." would suffice then.

        Lgb

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