[plug] The Book from the Future

[Jason Belcher]

skribe wrote:

>On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:33, Grahame Bowland wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 16:19, Colin Muller wrote:
>>
>
>>>The same one they use at UBD: their latest Perth Street Directory is
>>>(C) 2002. I've wondered whether they might be endangering their
>>>copyright claim by doing that. What would happen if I took their maps
>>>and published them tomorrow with a (C) 2001?
>>>
>>I guess that since copyright is implicit and you don't _have_ to openly
>>state it, it probably won't matter until the copyright expires in x
>>years.
>>
>
>The cynic in me suggests that they do it to get an extra year.  After all, in 
>50 years who is going to remember that they published in 2001 and not 2002.
>
>skribe
>
Cause they're going to care if you copy their 2001 street directory in 
2049? :)