In reply to Andrew.

Ahhh… the Theme Author’s copyright statement is maintained elsewhere.

I thought that at installation, prior to the end user changing anything and with theme-provided filler text and images loaded, the Theme Author’s copyright is appropriate. But the reference you provided indicates otherwise and your statement is correct that the copyright should not be there at all (or perhaps there should be a clear instruction that this should be changed immediately.

Thank you. #TIL!