sorry to interrupt the thread again, but that you, gruff, for the research and legal opinion on copyright. Is this what Jim meant by fair use? I needed more time to research that, but maybe you have found something as you looked here. Anyway, your effort and support is much appreciated. I will spend some time with your link above.
On Aug 3, 2:02 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > "... On Jul 27, 5:38 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> > wrote: ..." > > On top of the above is what you can do if the copyright of something > of which you have been the original author is violated -- about all > you can do is send them a cease and desist order, which if they > snubbed you could go to a court of equity to force them into > compliance. But you couldn't sue them for monetary damages because > there would be none. First of all, in posting on a forum such as this > you have no expectation of profits so there is nothing to sue for. > > There are four elements to a lawsuit. There has to be a duty (such as > not to steal someone else's work and represented it as your own), then > there has to be a breach of that duty (such as that person taking your > words and using them as their own), then that breach has to be the > proximate cause (the most direct result) of damages which you > suffered. Since you had no intention to reap a gain from your words > here, there was no loss except to your ego which is not a compensable > item. > > Now since you're a published writer a good attorney might be able to > work up a case for damage to your reputation as a result of the > copyright violation. And if the no-good low-down thieven varmint has > actually made money from your words you can always sue for that too. > > In answer to your other question, you can register your copyright at > any time you choose but since it's a time-consuming and not > inexpensive process, the only time you do is with works you have > published for money but your copyright is created when you first > publish your thoughts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
