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Subject:Re: who's the author? From:Maria Townsley <maria -at- MSD -dot- MEASUREX -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:26:25 -0500
For good or bad, I don't think we are "technically" the owners of any manual
we write. When I registered a copyright with the Library of Congress, I was
known as the "writer for hire". The company I work for is actually the
"author" of the document. They own it and take responsibility for it.
-Maria
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