[QUOTE=Nick;583926]I once came across a Calculus textbook marked "Copyright year N" on sale in May of year N-1.
I wondered if students could simply copy it for the next 7 months.[/QUOTE]In Europe at least, copyright exists from the moment of creation.

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[QUOTE=xilman;583933]In Europe at least, copyright exists from [b]the moment of creation[/b].[/QUOTE]So from ~13.8GY ago?

This post © retina[sup]®™[/sup] 1 January -13,772,000,000 all rights enforced.

[QUOTE=retina;583934]So from ~13.8GY ago?

This post © retina[sup]®™[/sup] 1 January -13,772,000,000 all rights enforced.[/QUOTE]

Oh come on, you know it's about 6,000 years.

[QUOTE=paulunderwood;583935]Oh come on, you know it's about 6,000 years.[/QUOTE]Okay, you are right.

This post © retina®™ 1 January 4004BC ±13,771,993,975 all rights imposed.

[QUOTE=retina;583940]This post © retina®™ [U]22 October[/U] 4004BC ±13,771,993,975 all rights imposed.[/QUOTE]
Fixed that for you. See [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ussher[/url]

[QUOTE=retina;583934]So from ~13.8GY ago?

This post © retina[sup]®™[/sup] 1 January -13,772,000,000 all rights enforced.[/QUOTE]Ho, ho, ho. Very droll.

[QUOTE=retina;583940]Okay, you are right.

This post © retina®™ 1 January 4004BC ±13,771,993,975 all rights imposed.[/QUOTE]
nice error bar.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;583944]Fixed that for you. See [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ussher[/url][/QUOTE]See also [url=http://www.ees.nmt.edu/outside/courses/erth385/ussher.html]Usshering in the Millennium[/url].

Meanwhile, back at the Olympics, I note that NBC is covering what some call the greatest Olympic sport ever - [i]Women's Beach Volleyball![/i]

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;583953]...what some call the greatest Olympic sport ever - [i]Women's Beach Volleyball![/i][/QUOTE]
For some teenagers (you know what I mean) it is even a greater sport than gymnastics. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=retina;583934]So from ~13.8GY ago?

This post © retina[sup]®™[/sup] 1 January -13,772,000,000 all rights enforced.[/QUOTE]
Thank deity that unix time_t extended to 64 bits can actually represent every second of the known universe including this one. Shame no one's considered how we're going to handle time across the multiverse, I guess we'll save that gem for another day[I]s[/I].

First gold medals for Bermuda (triathlon) and the Philippines (weightlifting)! The US and China are neck-and-neck in the total medals count.