I'm really looking forward to this race.
I hope we all have lots of fun

Quote from Smax :

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Thus we fall back onto respect for another. Since this community prides itself on being helpful, friendly and above all respectful of each other, for the majority that shouldn't be a problem. That said the minority will always exist, and it is up to the majority to point out the error of their ways to that minority.

I totally agree with that.

Quote from Gentlefoot :

.... You don't just get copyright as a matter of course. You must apply. ....

Quote from danowat :

...you don't automatically get a copyright on something because you have made it, at least in the UK, you first need to apply for patents, registered designs or trademarks, before you can have a copyrighted item....

Guys in my eyes this is definitive wrong!

The British law states that an individual's work is placed under copyright law as soon as it leaves that person's mind and is placed in some physical form, be it a painting, a musical work written in manuscript or an architectural schematic.

Of course there are many exceptions like when you are an employee and create something for your company etc. but the need to register it first was abolished a long time ago (i think in 1956).

Of course it's better to register your work because you can much easier prove that is your work if you have to go to court, but it's not necessary.

You automatically have the copyright on your "work" (painted skin or whatever).

btw patents, trademarks and copyrights are three completely diverse things.

Last edited by BBO@BSR, Fri 17 Feb 2006, 15:53.