Cubic Dollars

[Greg Hermann]

>(snip)
>>Do any of the software oriented folks out there know what material you have
>>to submit to complete a copyright on software???? Or does anybody even
>>bother cuz of the development cycle being so short????
>>
>
>  When writing windows programs, in the 'Help' menu box, the copyright and
>'c' in a circle is present with date and author.  I have not really dug
>into this in depth but I believe that this procedure protects the
>software.  Hackers can remove this information and I have read of several
>software programmers who, to protect their work, have imbedded certain
>keystrokes, in the program, that when entered while the program was
>running, would display information about the copyright and author.  This
>technique won one independent programmer a bundle in court when he proved
>that he wrote the program, stolen and marketed by another company, by
>typing keystrokes which initiated a screen display showing his copyright
>information.
>
>Clarence

NEAT!!--But I still think that after some period of time, you need to file
an official copy to COMPLETE the copyright process--Anybody know about this
part??

Greg