Wednesday, September 10, 2008

A Word about Copyrights

It has come to my attention that a person has stolen my material and claimed it as their own. All works found on this blog are copyrighted, which, from dictionary.com is:

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cop·y·right
1.the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death.
–adjective
2.of or pertaining to copyrights.
3.Also, cop·y·right·ed. protected by copyright.
–verb (used with object)
4.to secure a copyright on.

[Origin: 1725–35; copy + right]

cop·y·right·a·ble, adjective
cop·y·right·er, noun
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

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