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Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 2:41

Someone codes some utility, but not copyrights it or adds any license. Some company steals the code releases it as commercial closed source executable and then sues the original author for copyright infringement. Is this possible?

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 4:29

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Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 4:44

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Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 5:28

>>1
In most places it is difficult to avoid copyrighting something you write. Just by writing it, you automatically have copyright. In the US, there are only a few ways to get rid of copyright: give it to someone else, wait until seventy years after you die, or write things as part of your government job.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 5:41

>>1
It's possible, but not likely. Most companies wouldn't consider being dicks worth losing millions of dollars.

>>2
Then the original author would be smj.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 8:49

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Or write code while attending a university.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 10:26

I wouldn't think so. Besides being a stupid thing to do, there wouldn't be any point in a public domain if people couldn't contribute their works to the public domain if there was a chance that could happen. An analogy would be the Disney company litigating against the estate of Grimm for their stories.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 11:53

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Public domain and copyright expiration are two unrelated things.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 11:54

>>6
Or write code during the work hours at your employers site.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 12:10

>>8
I presumed that copyright expiration moves the publication to the public domain.

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-22 21:48

>>6, 9
That falls under "give it to someone else". In the US, attending a university won't give them copyright to your code, you still have it. Writing code during work hours on your employer's computer won't automatically give them copyright unless it's in your contract or you were writing that code for your job. If you're just slacking off and making a Doom-clone on your company issued 486, it's all yours.

Basically, they have to hire you to write the code or somehow negotiate for the copyright and get it with a contract. Other countries differ.

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