.net 3.5 - Do you have to put the year in AssemblyCopyrightAttribute? -

I recently updated the copyright information for all our projects to show 2011 as compared to 2011 was said. Annual Why Do not Come From Copyright Date?

For example:

  & lt; Assembly: Assembly Copyright ("A © Michael Limited. All Rights Reserved") & gt; Unlike:   
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 It does not really comment whether it is likely to be an issue, legal or otherwise. 
 
 
 I have forwarded it to our legal people, and they recommend that our notice Formatted (UK)  
  & lt; Assembly: Assembly Copyright ("Copyright © Mycorp Limited 2011. All Rights Reserved") & gt;   
 Where 2011 is the date of construction or amendment. This was their complete reaction, which I hope will be used for all:  
 
 Use words for a copyright notice to use in relation to software in the context of "right" , It should be noted that there is no strict legal requirement to include any copyright notice - whether the notice has been used or not, the fact that the copyright software is in place will not be changed. Jud however, do emphatically that include a recommended that you have your software, if at all, to prevent copyright infringement possible? The purpose of the copyright notice is to:  
 
 This clarifies the third parties that the work is subject to copyright;  
 Identifying the copyright owner; And  
 act as a deterrent against violation or plagiarism.   
 Notice contains different parts:  
 A copyright ?? ?? /  
 Some countries will not accept the symbol only, they need the term "copyright". Using the word to appear to see the notice legal, ensures that there can be no confusion, but most countries around the world have accepted that the commonly accepted symbol is the right way to display copyright is.  
 The year of the first publication of the copyright work  
 It is important that the copyright notice contains the year of the creation of the software. In the case of ownership of an infringement dispute / dispute, this date plays an important role. Where a computer program is modified or amended in sufficient quantity, each new version will be preserved as a new copyrighted work, and therefore it is important to update the reference year in the copyright notice.  
 The name of the copyright owner  
 A copyright notice should refer to the original owner of the copyright because it is to record the date on which the new version was created. The primary purpose of such information (putting on third party notice on the owner's rights) We believe that software is owned by Microcop Ltd (and not, for example, a subsidiary / holding company) in question (and in copyright)  
 An example of the following copyright notice that can be used with the software owned by Microp Ltd., which was created in 2011:  
  Copyright © Micrope Ltd 2011 All rights reserved.