5 Ethical and Legal Considerations

Although use of a copyright notice is not required under copyright law, the US Copyright Office strongly recommends use of such a notice. A copyright notice for all visual copies of a work should contain the following 3 elements(§401): The word “Copyright,” or abbreviation “Copr,” or the symbol ©, The year of first publication of the work, and The name of the copyright owner Example: Copyright 2007 American Medical AssociationNote: For JAMA and the Archives Journals, the wording above includes the name of the owner of the journals (American Medical Association), not the name of the journal. It is recommended ...Less