On 20 November 2010 09:44, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > it may well come down to this ridiculous idea of registering your copyright. > Jones-Griffiths was a member of UK Magnum and to the best of my knowledge > there is no need to register copyright over here. The original author of the > work is the copyright holder unless s/he has explicitly assigned it > elsewhere. Having to register copyright is a mockery of the whole principle.
>From my last investigation into the subject it's the same here. I think that the DMCA was instigated more to criminalize DRM circumvention etc, it's all about protecting the "rights" of the big guns and it effectively dilutes the rights of anyone who is not proactive in following up all the protocols now in place to register copyright. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
