A variation of melissa with a nice (C) on it could be an effective way of protesting daft IP laws.
You don't even need to do this. Everything you write is automatically copyrighted by yourself regardless of whether you put a (C) on it or not. Of course, if you haven't filed the appropriate paperwork with the appropriate government agencies then defending that copyright in court can be difficult.
It would be interesting to see what affected companies would say if you sued them for copyright infringement for running your virus without a license.:-)
Religion is a virus (Score:1)
You don't even need to do this. Everything you write is automatically copyrighted by yourself regardless of whether you put a (C) on it or not. Of course, if you haven't filed the appropriate paperwork with the appropriate government agencies then defending that copyright in court can be difficult.
It would be interesting to see what affected companies would say if you sued them for copyright infringement for running your virus without a license.