After watching Lawrence Lessing's presentation on copyright, I decided to look more into it because he made it more interesting than I had originally thought. Based on this website, I have learned that after April 1, 1989, almost everything created, both privately and originally, are copyrighted even if they dont have the copyright notice. Most people would overlook it and plagiarize because they didnt see the notice, but that can no longer be done without getting into trouble.
The notice does strengthen the protection, but if you dont see one, dont just assume that it isnt copyrighted. Be original and do your own work ! This might take more effort, but it will save you trouble in the long run. Most of us are guilty of copyright infrigement without even realizing that we are doing it. When we put music onto our Ipods without buying them from Itunes, when we take pictures from online and print them out. I can think of a hundred ways of copyright infrigement off the top of my head that happen on a daily basis
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