File:Data East - Notice of Intent to Police Rights of Karate Champ - December 1st 1984 Play Meter.jpg

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English: 1984 notice from Play Meter by Data East regarding copyright and trademark infringement of their arcade game Karate Champ.
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Source Scanned from a December 1st 1984 issue of Play Meter, uploaded to the Internet Archive by Hubz at https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-10-number-22-december-1st-1984/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2010%2C%20Number%2022%20-%20December%201st%201984/page/18/mode/2up
Author Data East USA
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This advertisement did not have a copyright notice and is in the public domain. From the US Copyright Office Circular 3. Page 3, Contributions to Collective Works. (A magazine is a "collective work.")

A notice for the collective work will not serve as the notice for advertisements inserted on behalf of persons other than the copyright owner of the collective work. These advertisements should each bear a separate notice in the name of the copyright owner of the advertisement.

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