Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Tina wrote: > 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. That is the point that I was feebly trying to make. > > "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. And what is the point of having a copyright from the moment of creation if can not sue? sl > > I know this stuff because I have to! > > Tina > > > At 04:19 PM 3/12/01 -0500, you wrote: > >>Tina, >> >>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 > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com >