Kasper
You may have to watch out for Australians for many reasons, but not
about international copyright. I don't know where Joe got his
information from, but Australia is a signatory to the Berne Convention
and the UCC - as well as the Kyoto Protocol, finally...
Martin
> oh my. have to watch our for Mexicans & Australians too it seems.
> well, fingers crossed.
> thanks joe
>
> KS
>
> On 17/12/2007, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The convention signed only by:
>>
>> Belgium 28 July 1971 Brazil 24 July 1971 Costa Rica 24 July 1971 Denmark 24
>> July 1971 Finland 12 November 1971 France 24 July 1971 Germany (Federal
>> Republic of) 24 July 1971 Guatemala 24 July 1971 Holy See 24 July
>> 1971Hungary 24
>> July 1971 India 24 July 1971 Israel 24 July 1971 Italy 24 July 1971 Japan 22
>> October 1971 Netherlands 24 July 1971 Norway 20 November 1971 Spain 24 July
>> 1971 Sweden 24 July 1971 Switzerland 24 July 1971 Tunisia 24 July
>> 1971United Kingdom 24
>> July 1971 United States of America 24 July 1971 Yugoslavia 24 July 1971
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2007 6:07 PM, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> See http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html
>>>
>>> Sadly, not matter what you, do some guys in Beijing just might rip you off
>>> and you won't get a yen.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 16, 2007 8:31 AM, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> also, the collection will be published through lulu & distributed
>>>> through the internet, so I'm not sure which country's copyright laws
>>>> come into play?
>>>>
>>>> KS
>>>>
>>>> On 16/12/2007, MC Ward < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kasper wrote: "what do you think, how important is a
>>>>> purchased copyright? absolutely necessary? optional?
>>>>> not worth the trouble?"
>>>>>
>>>>> K:
>>>>>
>>>>> In the US, copyright exists as soon as a piece of work
>>>>> is in tangible form, i.e., written down in the case of
>>>>> poetry. Copyright may then be registered (usually by
>>>>> publishers on authors' behalf, but sometimes by
>>>>> authors themselves), but registration isn't necessary
>>>>> for copyright to be legal. In your case, and depending
>>>>> on the laws in Finland, simply affixing a copyright
>>>>> notice to the book would probably be enough to assert
>>>>> your rights and ensure their legal protection.
>>>>>
>>>>> For another view of the Web publishing biz, see
>>>>> "Crossover Dreams: Turning Free Web Work Into Real
>>>>> Book Sales"
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/books/13webbook.html?8bu&emc=bu>
>>>>>
>>>>> Candice
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Headmaster, St. John Boscoe Laboratory School
>>
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>>
>> All complaints shall be directed to:
>>
>> Camelopard Breathwaite
>> The Fallows, 200 Fifth Avenue, Fredonia City
>>
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>>
>> Brought to you by Zenith Trans-Cosmic Radio
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