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Copy right?
It's 2007. Is your copyright date correct?
18 jan at 07:18 by Cameron
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hehe :p
I just don't put a date.
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wow, you'd think someone might catch that sooner or remember to. I use php to get the date so I don't have to change it.
Most people when they have © 2003 on their site they are saying their ideas, design, portfolio, etc are all copyright since that date.
I personally see © 1997 and think that site has been around a while and I trust it a little bit more.
yup, but then I'd put © 1997 - 2007
with © 1997 only it may look like it hasn't been updated for quite a while. :)
Always wondered, but having the © can't possibly be all you need to actively copyright something is it? Is there not some legal process one must go through to actually copyright something, or can you really just put a © on your site and expect it to hold up?
The fact that it's published intrinsically gives it copyright. The © is just extra info who the holder is.
Set it, and forget it:
<?php echo date("Y"); ?>
Why even bother? It doesn't really serve any purpose other than for calculating the expiration date of the copyright, and that's not for another century.
Besides, if I thought that anyone would ever want to use my stuff, I'd publish it under a free license (http://creativecommons.org) instead.
This post reminded me of how I normally go about things, but which I've never written up, until now.
I use a slightly more complex version of the snippet of PHP Bill posted above, which automates the whole process, and replaces "© 2006" with "© 2006-2007" when the year changes. To see what I mean, .
Yeah heh new stylegala folk should fix that, ..
I use this:
© MMVII mcville.net
The more automatic the better. I use PHP (like others here) for the date <?php echo date("Y"); ?>
i dont put a date - i figure its easier and my copyright is still lawful
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