[WEB4LIB] copyright statement, change every year?

[Bob Jones]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, David Wuolu wrote:

> I think the answer to this question should be obvious, but I don't know
> what it is!
> 
> You've seen:  (c) 1998, (c) 2000, (c) 1995-2000, etc.
> 
> It seems that most web sites change their copyright statement annually
> -- but is this needed?  Is it recommended?  Why would you want to change
> it annually, leave it, put in date ranges, etc.?
> 

The copyright statement can mean that the owner (1) has filed for
copyright and/or (2) claims intention to protect the work under copyright
(but may not have filed the application). I suspect the specific copyright
statements and spanned dates indicate those variations.  I am not an
attorney!

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> David Wuolu, Rodney A. Briggs Library
> University of Minnesota, Morris
> 600 East 4th Street; Morris, MN 56267
> (320) 589-6164; wuolu at mrs.umn.edu
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