It's Almost 2015. Update Your Footer
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It's Almost 2015. Update Your Footer
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Re: It's Almost 2015. Update Your Footer
#2Useful snippet. However I'd argue that in most cases it's deceiving to viewers of a site to tell them that content was recently changed or has been constantly changing when it's the same thing that's been there in the 90s.
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#3I wonder if it is really needed to make a copyright claim. And even if so, wouldn't it make more sense to date it to its creation? If i am not mistaken, the duration until it would be invalidated is also based on the date of publishing it. Or some date after your death.
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#4What format does everybody use in their footer? We use:
© 2014 NodeSocket, LLC.
© 2012-2014 NodeSocket, LLC.Re: It's Almost 2015. Update Your Footer
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#6Are all of the dates within this site dynamic? If so that's genius as it will never need to be updated again unless APIs change.
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#7These copyright notices are mostly-useless boilerplate anyway, but if you're going to have one, it should have specific, fixed dates, not dynamic ones as this site suggests [1].
As a thought experiment: if a date is not actually in the document, but is updated dynamically by the document, what legal purpose could it serve? It seems an exhibit with no more legal relevance than a pocket watch.
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#8Im not sure of the legal value of having a copyright footer - could anyone explain if it would actually stand up in a court of law?
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#9What format does everybody use in their footer? We use: © 2014 NodeSocket, LLC. Is providing all the years in business standard practice? © 2012-2014 NodeSocket, LLC.
Using the latest date may work against you, because someone else can show that they produced a work in 2013 with verifiable documents and if your documents say 2014, they will appear to have published earlier than you. If you're going to use a year, use the year the content was created.
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#10Useful snippet. However I'd argue that in most cases it's deceiving to viewers of a site to tell them that content was recently changed or has been constantly changing when it's the same thing that's been there in the 90s.
It's more than deception. 17 U.S.C. § 506(c) prescribes criminal penalties for fraudulent copyright notices.