[AccessD] Copyright stuff

Copyright on software in US
Just for Info.
One other thing to do is file a copyright, you have a copyright 
automatically
 but you cannot sue for copyright infringement, unless it is registered 
with government
This costs $30. You send in roughly first and last 25 pages of source 
code with blocked out trade secrets.
Government processing time is six months.
For US details see:
Copyright Registration for Computer Programs

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ61.html#deposit

I suppose you could use SaveAsText to dump forms queries reports and 
modules to text files.

If you sell MDE's you might want to escrow your source code, there are 
sevice sites that
handle this, cost is about 100 -500 a year depending on dispersion and 
update practices.
You could do this via your local attorney and a couple of CD's but I 
think it would
leave the attorney scratching his head, if he doesn't do it on a regular 
basis.

Charlotte Foust wrote:

>LOL  The name of a good attorney!  Actually, in the absence of a
>specific contract that states otherwise, YOU hold the copyright to the
>software, the church doesn't.
>
>Charlotte Foust
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bobby Heid [mailto:bheid at appdevgrp.com] 
>Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:40 AM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: [AccessD] Copyright stuff
>
>
>Hey,
>
>I have an app that I wrote for a church.  They are interested in selling
>it to some other local churches.  They asked me to find out about
>copyrighting it.  What do I need to know about copyrights?
>
>Thanks,
>Bobby
>
>  
>

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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada