Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WE WUZ ROBBED!-Copyright law
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:05:35 -0500
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010312165219.01dab060@127.0.0.1>

Tina Manley wrote:
> 
> No!   It is automatically copyrighted as soon as you take it.  Registering
> it with the copyright office only gives you the right to sue for punitive
> damages and recover attorney's fees when you go to court.  It must be
> registered within 90 days of publication to give you these rights.
> 
> "Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed
> form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the
> property of the author who created the work. Only the author or those
> deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim
> copyright."  From the copyright site.
> 
> I know this stuff because I have to!
> 
> Tina
> 

You go girl!! ;-)

I'm glad someone actually knows what they're talking about on this
stuff.

B. D.

In reply to: Message from Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> (Re: [Leica] WE WUZ ROBBED!-Copyright law)