Except that a dynamically updating copyright year without any work having been done may not be legally valid, ie there was no copyrightable step taken... (IANAL)
> Ever looked at a website and wondered if it is still in operation? Maybe a thing or two looked like they could have been updated – and then you notice the copyright notice the in the footer. "2012. Right, this site must be dead. Let's move along."
>> 2012. Right, this site must be dead. Let's move along.
To be honest, I love it when I see a fixed date. Some information is time-dependent. Maybe I do move along when I see 2012. no time wasted here. That's a feature!