Thread: If you had a vote for copyright?
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Old 01-17-2012, 02:25 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
He didn't have to "copyright" the speech. It was automatically protected by copyright the moment that he set pen to paper.
Not true. Though it would be today. At the time he gave the speech he had to file specific paperwork to acquire the copyright in the US.

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