From: Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
n Sep 28, 2008, at 00:26 , John Sessoms wrote:
> From: "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Did any of you stop to think that maybe this is an important issue
>> to people like us? Maybe some of you out there, who live in the US
>> and create photographic (or other media) works that others might
>> want to use, ought to be concerned about copyright laws?
>> This isn't simply about politics, it's about protecting that which
>> you have created.
>
> My read on it is it will affect artists, authors & photographers
> OUTSIDE the U.S. more than it might affect U.S. photographers.
>
> They're more likely to have works declared "orphan" because they
> didn't previously pay to register them with some U.S. repository set
> up for that purpose. That's one of the provisions of the act.
It is only a provision that you MAY wish to register your work. If you
do not, you are still protected exactly as you are today. If you do
register a work, then you are able to sue for damages as well as
compensation for use.
Then that means I will NOT be protected EXACTLY as I am today, since
TODAY, I CAN sue for damages ... and under the provisions of this act
will NOT be able to sue for damages in the future unless I take the
extra step of registering my works.
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