@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social
Post #2592247
2025-11-16 04:36 UTC
@darth_hideout@mas.to
Little known fact: A piece of writing does not need to have the (c) symbol in order to be protected. It's not there because I didn't include it in this PDF.
After 1989, anything a person writes is automatically copyrighted.
Things go into the public domain after a certain amount of time, or if the author or creator states that it is public domain.
You always have to ask permission to use something.
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@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social 2025-11-16 04:37
@darth_hideout@mas.to That said, I am planning to make it free, so you won't have to worry about it. Right now I'm still chasing down errors and figuring out how to turn it into a Epub file, but I don't intend to charge for it. I don't want to monetize this.
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@zakalwe@plasmatrap.com 2025-11-16 04:41
@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social @darth_hideout@mas.to (But you can't actually get statutory damages for copyright violation unless the copyright is registered with the US Copyright Office.)