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  • Brad Templeton. 10 Big Myths about copyright explained
  • 1) "If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted."
  • 2) "If I don't charge for it, it's not a violation."
  • 3) "If it's posted to Usenet it's in the public domain."
  • 4) "My posting was just fair use!"
  • 5) "If you don't defend your copyright you lose it."
  • 6) "Somebody has that name copyrighted!"
  • 7) "They can't get me, defendants in court have powerful rights!"
  • 8) "Oh, so copyright violation isn't a crime or anything?"
  • 9) "It doesn't hurt anybody -- in fact it's free advertising."
  • 10) "They e-mailed me a copy, so I can post it."
  • In Summary

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    Last-modified: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 10:55:58 GMT