Comments on: Google News Copyright 2007

By: Sherwin N

Sherwin N — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

A couple years ago Google's actual homepage (google.com) had an outdated copyright about a month into the new year. I emailed someone there, and they passed it on, and it was soon fixed. I should have received stock for that.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

You do realize that the only impact of having it wrong is that, 50 years from the copyright date the text enters the public domain, and so the loss is that instead it is 49 years? And in fact a few years ago they started extending copyrights so it's not clear that it will ever make a difference…

By: Jeff P.

Jeff P. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

I would think that it would be illegal to update the copyright date unless the text or site itself had been updated, no? (The news articles displayed in Google's case isn't copyrightable by Google; so it'd need to be the actual site.)

By: Tom Bartel

Tom Bartel — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

Sure, make it a variable – but don't forget about Y10K! How embarrassing would that be? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_10,000_problem

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

Actually, the copyright notice isn't even necessary anymore (and hasn't been since 1989 as part of the Berne Convention Implementation Act.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

I'm not entirely sure what they are copyrighting here – probably just generic "we must copyright all pages on the web" stuff.

By: Matt Shobe

Matt Shobe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000

Why, yes — I think you shamed me into this very same FeedBurner update a couple of years ago. We paid good money for a couple of premium ${var}s to spare future generations similar humiliation.

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By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:37:45 +0000

I'm not entirely sure what they are copyrighting here – probably just generic “we must copyright all pages on the web” stuff.