Comment on Ask HN: What is the license of comments here?parentComments−JoeAltmaier10yNo attempt to protect a copyright means no rights.−eric_bullington10yNope, you're thinking of trademarks. Your copyright exists at the exact moment you create a copyrighted work, and you needn't do anything else to retain that right [1].1. http://web.law.columbia.edu/keep-your-copyrights/copyrights−JoeAltmaier10yRight, thanks!−brudgers10y[IANAL] Not in the United States. Here copyright is owned by the author upon publication with only narrow and explicit exceptions.−tptacek10yThat's true of every Berne Convention country; it is the norm.−nness10yThat is incorrect. You are thinking of trademarks and patents.
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No attempt to protect a copyright means no rights.
Nope, you're thinking of trademarks. Your copyright exists at the exact moment you create a copyrighted work, and you needn't do anything else to retain that right [1].
1. http://web.law.columbia.edu/keep-your-copyrights/copyrights
Right, thanks!
[IANAL] Not in the United States. Here copyright is owned by the author upon publication with only narrow and explicit exceptions.
That's true of every Berne Convention country; it is the norm.
That is incorrect. You are thinking of trademarks and patents.