> An interesting discussion of copyrights has come up Re: The Internet
> Archive robot, and I have a question for you all. I'm sure we all have
> opinions on what copyrights are, what they stand for, etc. What I want
> to know is this: can anyone just say a piece of information is
> copyrighted, such as a web page, and make it so, or is there some legal
> procedure involved, such as submitting it to someone for approval? If
> you know the _fact_ regarding this, please post, or reply to me.
In countries that are signatory to the Berne Convention, all creative
works are 'born copyrighted'. No action is required by the creator to
obtain copyright beyond the act of creation itself - they don't even have
to *say* it is copyrighted - copyright is completely automatic.
-- Benjamin Franz