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Meme transcription [Kid drowning in pool]

In the background a person plays with a kid in the pool. The person is labeled “Companies updating their website”. The kid is labeled “The company logo”.

In the foreground a kid seems to be drowning. It is labeled “Useful information”.

In a second panel a skeleton sits at the bottom of the pool. It is labeled “The copyright year”

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[–] ramirezmike 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My understanding is you don't actually need to update the copyright year.. if anything it's kinda misleading if you only have the current year

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

You don't. It's the year it was copywrited, not the current year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not that a date in a file really is valid evidence, but the point is to define when the copyright occurs. If i come back and say "well i did that same thing before you did" them it would make your copyright invalid.

If you update then you add an additional date.