Copyright message

[ukmale65000]

I would like to display a copyright message in the corner of a form, which will state Copyright Pb 2007 - "current year" so that i dont have to update the thing every 1st of January.
Is this possible?

 

[SOS]

If you use a text box you can put this in the control source:

="Copyright Pb 2007 - " & Year(Date)

 

[ukmale65000]

It just displays name#, i have copied and pasted the text as written above ????

 

[SOS]

It just displays name#, i have copied and pasted the text as written above ????

My bad - forgot in a control source you also need parens with DATE

so it should be:

="Copyright Pb 2007 - " & Year(Date())

 

[ukmale65000]

Thanks that works great

Access world forums to the rescue again !

 

[SOS]

glad we could help

 

[missinglinq]

Out of curiosity, why are you doing this? The year of copyright is the year the work was created. You can't change this by simply changing the year that appears on your form. When you see a range of years listed, it means that the item, say a software app, has been developed over that range of years.

 

[rainman89]

Out of curiosity, why are you doing this? The year of copyright is the year the work was created. You can't change this by simply changing the year that appears on your form. When you see a range of years listed, it means that the item, say a software app, has been developed over that range of years.

Probably just for looks...

 

[SOS]

say a software app, has been developed over that range of years.

And if substantial work gets done each year then it could be a perfectly legally acceptable way to display it. Frankly I would just display a copyright, if I wanted one, for the actual dates of my app development. But with the starting year there I don't think that it diminishes the actual legal copyright any by having a perpetual rising year (until you reach the last year of a valid copyright).

 

[gemma-the-husky]

legally, a copyright notice may HAVE to be stored somewhere in your app as a specific visible string, rather than a result of a computer function to be valid.

I say MAY - I really don't know for sure, and its probably a moot point, if you take steps to prevent your code BEING copied.

 

[boblarson]

legally, a copyright notice may HAVE to be stored somewhere in your app as a specific visible string, rather than a result of a computer function to be valid.

I say MAY - I really don't know for sure, and its probably a moot point, if you take steps to prevent your code BEING copied.

I would find that hard to believe. I have researched copyright law as I wrote songs and copyrighted them and you can have a valid copyright just by declaring it. It doesn't make it easy to prove or enforce, mind you, but it is still valid. It may, of course, depend on your country but there is a treaty that most nations have signed in regards to copyright so it is fairly standard in most nations.

 

[CEH]

I agree with the guys here... Also had years of copyright experience with music. The date of copyright is the date of creation. I would always fill out the paperwork even thou I was told that there is a valid copyright on a work from the date of publishing...Better to have the paper backup.... I think copyright law ranks right up there in strangeness and oddities with IRS code and labor law!!! Slap it on the spash screen as a label and forget it

 

[gemma-the-husky]

I suppose was thinking about Terms and Conditions.

When we (a company i used to work for) changed our T&C, our lawyer said that they HAD to be printed on the back of any document (or at least supplied with) we wanted to apply them to

It was no good having a message like T&C available on request.

This had an impact on anything sent by fax/email etc - where we had to add a cover sheet with the T&C. I just thought/wondered whether a similar thing might apply to a copyright notice.

 

[CEH]

Might also be a difference in UK and US....But ask 10 lawyers and you'll get 10 different opinions.... I would interpret "terms and conditions" something agreed upon in a purchase.. therefor dealing with a contract... You buy this or use this then you agree to these terms..... a copyright.......you use it claiming it is yours... your in violation of law. Or using a portion of it... Dealing with music.. If I remember correctly it was something like eight consecutive notes...go figure.......
Since my father, the lawyer in the family, is not with us anymore my legal references are just from memory....so take it with a grain of salt.