[thelist] Copyright "rules"

[michael ensor]

----- Original Message -----
From: "VOLKAN ÖZÇELIK"
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] Copyright "rules"


: > I have more experience with music copyright than with software, but I'm
: > quite sure your last sentence was right on point. Looking at the load
: > screen
: > for PhotoShop, I see "copyright 1990 - 2003" (or whatever). Presumably,
: > Adobe is saying "Hey, we created this in 1990, and we've had various
: > versions of this since then."
:
:
: I believe displaying end-year for copyrighted material on the web is
: irrelevant. Because, web products/services/applications/written media etc.
: are frequently updated:
:
: I use something like
:
: "(c) Copyright 2003, Volkan Özçelik"
:
: as a standard notation, which says "hey I've been developing this service
: since 2003 up to present and will continue enhancing till the end of my
: lifespan."
=====

While I am not familiar with the ins and outs of US copyright law, the rationale
behind displaying a range of years is that there are a number of different "first
publication/creation dates" involved in a web site.

For example typographical layout, design, images, as well as the actual content
may all have different dates........

For content on different pages  title attribute, meta tags or Dublin core tags can offer
specific dates........





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