> some benefit. Well, I framed my registration certificate and hung it on the wall for awhile, but eventually it got crowded out by patent certificates (which look nicer) so I don't even know where it is any more.
On Nov 10, 12:42 am, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > I just assumed registering for copyright would be useless but would be > interested to here of any real-life cases where a mobile app dev has > registered for copyright AND they have used that registration at a > later date to some benefit. > > On Nov 10, 10:10 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, in the US you get a copyright by simply saying "Copyright 2010 > > Joe Blow" or some such. (In fact, technically it's copyrighted even > > without that, so long as you don't take actions perceived as placing > > it in the public domain.) REGISTERING the copyright is a bit more > > work, but was fairly straight-forward last time I did it (admittedly > > it was about 25 years ago) and reasonably cheap (like $10 at the > > time). > > > If you intend for your code to not be public domain you should at > > least put a copyright statement in each source file, and display a > > copyright notice somewhere on a bringup page or some such. (And I > > just checked and the fee for filing is $35.) > > >http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ61.pdf > > > On Nov 9, 7:11 pm, darrinps <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Just curious if many here do that. Not a quick process and not free. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
