[Wikipedia-l] What would Richard Stallman say? (IP users)

Mon Feb 23 21:13:13 UTC 2004

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>> Whether the writer of the text is anonymous or not should have
>> no effect on these issues.  The writer holds the copyright
>> unless it is a work made for hire.
>Writer owns the copyright forever no matter what. Even if you made
>smth for hire, you still owns the copyright. Copyright is smth you
>can't sell, can't buy, can't lose. "Copyright by John Smith" means
>exactly: "John Smith has made this". It's just to state the fact.

Depends. In the US, you can, in Germany, you can't.
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