Re: Copyright puntuation

[Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>]

While CMS 15 does not specifically call out the punctuation
for the notice, their sample looks like this:

© 2000 by The University of Chicago 
All rights reserved.

What they say - para 4.40
---begin quote---
Under present law, as under the old, the notice consists 
of three parts: (1) either the symbol © (preferred because it also suits the requirements of the Universal Copyright 
Convention), or the word copyright or the abbreviation 
copr.; (2) the year of first publication; and (3) the name 
of the copyright owner. Many publishers also ad the 
phrase "all rights reserved," and there is no harm in 
doing so, but the putative advantages of it (which were 
limited to Latin America) have all but vanished. The year 
of first publication is not needed for greeting cards, 
postcards, stationery, and certain other works not germane 
to the publishing industry. Where a work is in its renewal 
term of copyright, it is customary, but not required, to 
include the year of renewal as well as the year of first 
publication. Many publishers also include the publication years of various editions of a work if the work has been 
revised. Thecnically, this is not necessary: if a revision 
is substantial enough to constitute a derivative work, 
only the publication year of the derivative work need be used.
-----end quote----

While I've tried to give you the information I believe to be
most germane to your question, the Chicago Manual of Style
contains almost a full 2 columns of index entries about 
copyright notices, so please don't consider this answer to
be comprehensive.

HTH!
-Sue Gallagher
> 
> From: Beverley Henderson <erleyedit -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> Help. Where I work, we have stirred up a tempest in a teapot by questioning how our current copyright notice is punctuated...
>  
... A related question: Are the words "all rights reserved" a sentence? It seems to have no subject and no verb, yet it "looks" incorrect without a capital A and a period. Is it imperative mood? or what? If it is "not a sentence," should it eschew capitals and periods?


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content 
delivery. Try it today!. http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l 

Doc-To-Help includes a one-click RoboHelp project converter. It's that easy.  Watch the demo at http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.