talthen@wp.pl wrote:
Whether the writer of the text is anonymous or not should have no effect on these issues. The writer holds the copyright unless it is a work made for hire.
Writer owns the copyright forever no matter what. Even if you made smth for hire, you still owns the copyright. Copyright is smth you can't sell, can't buy, can't lose. "Copyright by John Smith" means exactly: "John Smith has made this". It's just to state the fact.
Look, I appreciate people chiming in with information, but if you don't know what you're talking about, please don't chime in as if you are speaking authoritatively. This is an unmoderated list, so you're welcome to post, but really, I think a bit of restraint is in good taste.
For the record, the stuff that talthen@wp.pl wrote is all completely wrong, and has absolutely no applicability to anything we're discussing.
And a lot of stuff that other people are writing, though I prefer not to name names, is equally speculative and wrong.
--Jimbo