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color=#0000ff size=2>Ron & Steven,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=905512900-28052005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the leads. This is completely contrary to what I
have been told and have read previously. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=905512900-28052005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've pulled the pictures of concern until I have a decision
from a copyright attorney. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Best,<BR>Dale</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ron
Force<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 27 May 2005 14:33<BR><B>To:</B>
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] RE: Dale
Courtney<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=562532621-27052005>BZZZZZT! Change in law! From the US Copyright
Office site:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3> </FONT><SPAN class=main_txt><A name=mywork><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>When is my work
protected?</FONT></B></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3>Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and
fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid
of a machine or device...</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562532621-27052005><SPAN
class=main_txt><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>...The use of a
copyright notice is no longer required under U. S. law, although it is often
beneficial. Because prior law did contain such a requirement, however, the use
of notice is still relevant to the copyright status of older
works.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=562532621-27052005><SPAN
class=main_txt><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Notice was
required under the 1976 Copyright Act. This requirement was eliminated when the
United States adhered to the Berne Convention, effective March 1, 1989. Although
works published without notice before that date could have entered the public
domain in the United States, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) restores
copyright in certain foreign works originally published without notice.
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<P><FONT size=2>**********************************************<BR>Ron
Force Moscow ID <SPAN
class=562532621-27052005>USA</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2> <A href="mailto:rforce@moscow.com">rforce@<SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=047152720-27052005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Second, just because a picture is taken by a photographer
doesn't make it copyrighted. Copyright law <U>requires</U> that the notice be
given. No copyright notice, not copyrighted. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
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