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I think the (C) YYYY notice is more for people who "forget" that items are copywritten automatically.
by Navarr 11y ago
I think the (C) YYYY notice is more for people who "forget" that items are copywritten automatically.
- raverbashing 11y agoMaybe also as a point of naming the official institution responsible for that page
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- damoncali 11y agoNot exactly. It has legal purposes - IANAL (and someone correct me if I'm wrong), but I believe it has to do with proving willful misuse (which matters somehow) and establishing a date of copyright. I believe that the idea is to put the earliest date of copyright, not the current year, which is a common practice.