"Jeremy C. Reed" wrote:
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> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, David Huerta wrote:
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> > Seeing how it has not been released to the public, I doubt MTV or any=
 of
> > the publishers involved would care; they wouldn't be losing any money=
 if
> > the materials were copied, because they wouldn't be making money anyw=
ay,
> > like my copy of the unreleased Invader Zim soundtrack.
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> Just because something hasn't been released to the public doesn't mean
> that it is public domain or freely distributable. (By default, it is
> probably copyrighted.)
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>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
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By default, material is subject to enjoying copyright protection as soon
as it is set into a tangible media, even if the copyright statement is
missing.  Lack of copyright statement limits the remedies available (to
usually an injunction).  =


Positive action is required to put something into the Public Domain such
as a statement indicating the work is PD - lack of action still makes it
copyrighted.

George
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