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summary:
# These days, almost all things are copyrighted the moment they are written, and no copyright notice is required.
# Copyright is still violated whether you charged money or not, only damages are affected by that.
# Postings to the net are not granted to the public domain
# Fair use is a complex doctrine meant to allow certain valuable social purposes.
# Copyright is not lost because you don't defend it; that's a concept from trademark law.
# Fan fiction and other work derived from copyrighted works is a copyright violation.
# Copyright law is mostly civil law where the special rights of criminal defendants you hear so much about don't apply.
# Don't rationalize that you are helping the copyright holder.
# Posting E-mail is technically a violation, but revealing facts from E-mail you got isn't.
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