Subject: Re: [FFML] Copyright Information Needed
From: C-chan
Date: 7/9/1998, 1:50 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

At 09:21 AM 7/9/98 -0400, Deuce wrote:
At 08:53 AM 7/9/98 EDT, you wrote:

���������������� The authors probably just put that the story is copyrighted
and leave it at that. If you want a real copyright you can do a poor man's
copyright. Print out your stories� and send them priority mail to yourself.
When you get the package do not open it. This type of copyright holds up
legally in court.

This is an old wives' tale.� The "poor man's copyright" will not hold up in
court if someone else has an official copyright.� In the music industry, this
is one of the main reasons ASCAP and the like exist.

-Deuce