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> Because Ulysses could not be legally published in the United States, it could not be copyrighted I'm struggling to understand that particular statement. Ca

> Because Ulysses could not be legally published in the United States, it could not be copyrighted I'm struggling to understand that particular statement. Can anyone explain? EDIT: "Copyright exists automatically in an original work of authorship once it is fixed in a tangible medium"[0] If you write out your original thoughts on a piece of paper, that's fixing them in a tangible medium, right? [0] https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

dragonwriter 5y ago
Automatic copyright is a feature of fairly recent copyright law; the law at the time of Ulysses was different. I don’t offhand know if the upthread comment about it be ineligible for US copyright or thr asserted reason is correct, but pointing to a feature of current US copyright law that didn't exist at the time isn't germane to that o e way or the other.