Did you read what I wrote? Under US Copyright law you cannot sue for statutory damages unless you've registered your work. You can still sue for actual damages. I never claimed that you have to register your work to obtain copyrights (those are automatic for anyone living in a country that has ratrified the berne convention).
- Andreas On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:07:06 +0200, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, that's not true. An artists work becomes "copyright" from > the instant it is created regardless whether or not you have actually > gone and registered it. > > Regardless, everyone should be putting a © somewhere on their sites no > matter what the case. > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > --- In [email protected], "Andreas Haugstrup" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:39:09 +0200, Stephanie Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > On 4/8/06, Andreas Haugstrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:12:39 +0200, John Dowdell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > You're still not respecting the rights of creators. If someone > rips >> >> off >> >> > your website, blog, search history, financial data, does it > matter if >> >> > they get something other than little green tickets in return? >> >> >> >> Legally, yes. >> > >> > Not in the States. Copyright has nothing to do with whether or not >> > someone makes money off of it. It's just that you're more likely to >> > get monetary damages if there's money involved somewhere down the >> > line. >> >> Exactly it does matter. If you haven't registered with the copyright >> office (I doubt any vloggers have, it costs money for each work) > then you >> cannot sue for statutory damages so you have to prove an actual > loss. It >> makes a big difference. >> >> -- >> Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen >> <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > >> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. >> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
