To give him the benefit of the doubt*he could well have put a copyright notice on the original image when it first slipped onto the web. That doesn't stop somebody else from copying it and posting it somewhere like ratemykitten.
(I think nohands is overrated anyway - clive is far superior)
(* = to drag this argument out until it drops into the archives)
((I think nohands is overrated anyway - clive is far superior)
(* = to drag this argument out until it drops into the archives)
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie,
Tue 24 Feb 2004, 10:45,
archived)
Except that's not how copyright worksYou don't have to put a copyright notice on something for it to be copyrighted. See www.bitlaw.com/copyright/obtaining.html for more information, particularly the "Automatic Creation" paragraph. Since 1978, a copyright notice has only been a formality, not actually required.
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Tue 24 Feb 2004, 19:23,
archived)