diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 2ecda82..68d70ec 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 Files: *
 Copyright:
-  © 2006-2007, Marc Maurer <uwog@uwog.net>
-  © 2006, Martin Sevior
-  © 2006, Red Hat, Inc
-  © 2007, One Laptop Per Child
-  © 2008-2009, James D. Simmons
-  © 2009, Aleksey S. Lim
-  © 2012, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo@laptop.org>
+  2006-2007, Marc Maurer <uwog@uwog.net>
+  2006, Martin Sevior
+  2006, Red Hat, Inc
+  2007, One Laptop Per Child
+  2008-2009, James D. Simmons
+  2009, Aleksey S. Lim
+  2012, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo@laptop.org>
 License-Grant:
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 Files: debian/*
 Copyright:
-  © 2008-2010, 2015-2017 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
-  © 2010 Neeraj Gupta <neeraj@seeta.in>
+  2008-2010, 2015-2017 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+  2010 Neeraj Gupta <neeraj@seeta.in>
 License-Grant:
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the