On , Ferdinand Grassmann (2:2411/607.14@fidonet) wrote: 
 >> Also, international law does not recognise any character-set specific 
 >> copyright-characters, such as 0xA9 in ECMA-Latin-1, etc. Use the (c) 
 >> sequence.
 RS> FYI, from a legal perspective, the "(c)" is equally meaningless. 
 > Not in all countries. AFAIK the "(c)" is the same as the copyright sign 
 > for example in Germany.
Fredinand...
  Which only means that if all you have is a "(c)", anyone outside of Germany 
is free to ignore your notice. OTOH, if you use the word, "Copyright", or the 
abbreviation, "Copr.", your notice is legal in any Berne Convention signatory 
county. 
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