Re: A story manuscript template

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Lars Eighner wrote:

> ...the top right because some of the ones Nesbitt included are of
> dubious value (e.g. including a copyright line suggests previous
> publication).

         Somebody should check current law, because it's been twenty-odd
years since I was a copyright examiner in the Copyright Office at the
Library of Congress; so I could be wrong here.

         One of the things I don't think *could* have changed is that
copyright *exists* as of the time a work is "fixed" -- i.e., has become a
specific draft -- regardless whether any other sentient entity has ever
perceived it, or ever does. What's more, you can register your claim in
it, *without* having to publish it first; many people do.

         See www.copyright.gov

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