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Lying about the copyright date is fraud. That work will (hopefully) enter the public domain one day. By forward-dating the copyright notice, you are attempting
by alextingle 13y ago
Lying about the copyright date is fraud.
That work will (hopefully) enter the public domain one day. By forward-dating the copyright notice, you are attempting to fraudulently extend your limited monopoly.
- Tehnix 13y agoexcept his suggestion backward-dated it seeing as 2013 is not the future...
- alextingle 13y agoErm, if the work was created in 2011, then 2013 is a future date. Remember, positive numbers go up. Negative numbers go down. Try to keep up!
- iand 13y agoAs far as I know, this is untested in court for online documents. There is an argument that says that each HTTP request is an act of publication, thus updating the copyright date to that point in time. It's not a view I subscribe to personally.
- alextingle 13y agoCopyright is dated to first publication. Re-publication is irrelevant. Disney doesn't get to extend the copyright on Mickey Mouse by re-issuing steamboat Willy. They have to bribe politician for that.