Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:19 PM 3/12/01 -0500, Steve LeHuray wrote: > >I could be wrong, but I believe that is true providing you have actually >registered your work with the Copyright office. Just saying it is >copyrighted does not make it so. > >Steve >Annapolis All works of art, photographs, paintings, sculptures, writing, whatever, are immediately copyrighted by the CREATOR upon creation. You need NOT register the copyright. You own it. It is yours. Period. If you want to go after "BIG BUCKS" in a copyright infringement suit, you must have registered the copyright. If you simply want normal and customary remuneration for the stolen work, registration is not necessary. From what I have read in ASMP bulletins and research that I have done regarding copyright & trademarks. Jim