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progressoid

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39. According to the U.S. Copyright office...

Reply to Brewinblue (Reply #38)

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 09:01 PM

Sep 2013

Who Can Claim Copyright?

Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only the author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim copyright.

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

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Beaut of a photo of Mt. St. Helens [View all] n2doc Sep 2013 OP

Wonderful! Thanks n2doc!!! Scuba Sep 2013 #1

Nice! immoderate Sep 2013 #2

The photographer deserves credit Tansy_Gold Sep 2013 #3

Beautiful flowers, too Kolesar Sep 2013 #4

No indication of copyright Brewinblue Sep 2013 #10

All photographs are copyrighted the moment they are created. progressoid Sep 2013 #13

Nothing Brewinblue Sep 2013 #38

According to the U.S. Copyright office... progressoid Sep 2013 #39

Wonderful - thanks jimlup Sep 2013 #5

stunning photograph northoftheborder Sep 2013 #6

K&R! Beautiful! Dustlawyer Sep 2013 #7

I remember the day the mountain blew gopiscrap Sep 2013 #8

Thanks for sharing that. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #15

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I lived in Pullman then, too. mommymarine2003 Sep 2013 #24

Where were you living? we were at Northwest 210 Anthony gopiscrap Sep 2013 #25

We lived not too far from you! mommymarine2003 Sep 2013 #26

Yes I love going back to Pullman gopiscrap Sep 2013 #27

Lived in Tacoma for 16 years mommymarine2003 Sep 2013 #29

We live in the Historic North Slope gopiscrap Sep 2013 #30

It is a small world! mommymarine2003 Sep 2013 #32

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OMG welcome to DU BTW gopiscrap Sep 2013 #28

I was living in Seattle QED Sep 2013 #37

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Dark, but nonetheless impressive. Coyotl Sep 2013 #11

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Incredible blackspade Sep 2013 #16

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing! Martin Eden Sep 2013 #17

Oh, wow! NealK Sep 2013 #18

Reminds me of a John Muir quote: jmondine Sep 2013 #19

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You sure that's not Mt. Doom? tclambert Sep 2013 #22

Spectacular view of mother nature in all her glory. Thanks for sharing. indepat Sep 2013 #23

Outstanding n2doc denbot Sep 2013 #31

very nice! thx Divine Discontent Sep 2013 #34

Breathtaking. What a beautiful planet we live on! Surya Gayatri Sep 2013 #35

K&R stonecutter357 Sep 2013 #36