Re: (p) symbol & DRM

Mike Melanson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.xine.codec.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Alex Beregszaszi wrote:

> > Notice that it says "(p) 1998" rather than "(c) 1998". What does this
> > (p) thing mean? Does it mean something different than copyright?
> > Protected file?
> Originally it was portions copyright, imho.

	Thanks, that gave me something to go on. I found this page:
  http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/toc/blcopyright8.htm
which discusses "Form of Copyright Notice for Phonorecords of Sound
Recordings". So the (p) symbol has to with, ahem, phonorecords.

	I was just getting suspicious that it had something to do with
DRM. Glad it doesn't.

--
	-Mike Melanson



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