Re: (p) symbol & DRM

On Saturday 27 December 2003 19:44, Mike Melanson wrote:
> 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.
IMHO it means "produced" as in song (p)roduced 1988 by geffen records 
(c)opyright 1996 by geffen records or something like that.

> --
> 	-Mike Melanson

-- 
Best Regards,
        Atmos
____________________________________________
- MPlayer Developer - http://mplayerhq.hu/ -
____________________________________________



-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials.
Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills.  Sign up for IBM's
Free Linux Tutorials.  Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin.
Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click