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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587
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Hello--
   Just to repeat  something rather alarming I heard at a copyright
workshop run by Kenneth Crews of the University of Indiana a few years
ago: copyright is only for published works. 


It appears Mr. Crews may have changed his stance on this; the
"Copyright Quickguide" on the web site of the Copyright Management
Center (which Mr. Crews directs) clearly states;

"As soon as you create an 'original' work that is 'fixed,' you get
copyright protection automatically."

Nothing about requiring publication to create copyright.

The page may be viewed at
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/quickguide.htm, the passage I quote
is found under the heading "Works are Protected Automatically."

Cheers,


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