On 22 Dec 2004, elijah wright wrote:

usenet postings have always (afaik) enjoyed such protection. they're just like any other piece of content authored by an individual. in the US, author retains copyright by default, regardless of whether they file it or not.

Yes -- although the natural person may not always be considered the "author." And you can't enforce the copyright unless you register it. Neither of those rules would be true in most of the rest of the world. DLB Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011