bmaxey1@juno.com
Date: 02/17/01-10:36:56 PM Z
What I meant is that you do not have to indicate a notice. As soon as you
create it, you are afforded some protection. However, if you end up in
court, having the work registered gives you a better chance of winning.
As for Napster, shutting them down stops nothing - it only gets more
people involved in creating similar sites. All you need to do is use code
letters or some sequence of numbers to identify a song. That way, it
becomes impossible to search for illegal music on servers. A simple code
key could be published to explain the number system on this or that site.
Napster might go away, but many more sites will take its place. No one
wins
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 04:05:55 +0000 Collie Type <kallitype@hotmail.com>
writes:
> And I'm not certain I understand you, sir. Your statement that
> "registration only helps you in court" only states the obvious:
> court is the
> ONLY place these matters come to roost. It is my understanding that
>
> registration affords the registree certain added advantages, such as
> being
> able to collect punitive damages. In any event, as I was trying
> feebly to
> express, (Katherine Thayer explains it much more succinctly) money
> is cogent
> issue. You make money and you're far more vulnerable. Napster, a
> profit
> seeker, is going down - Gnutella isn't!
>
>
> >From: bmaxey1@juno.com
> >Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: FW: Still on Copyright
> >Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:25:08 -0700
> >
> > >>As the original e-mail likely was not
> > >>"registered" as having been copywritren, damages claimed by the
> >"injured
> > >>party" would be limited to whatever the party has lost, which,
> >presumably
> > >>given the original free distribution, would be nil. If, on the
> other
> >hand,
> > >>a person make a profit selling this CD, than that changes things
> a bit.
> >
> >Not so sure I understand you. Were you aware that as soon as the
> work is
> >created, there is indeed some protection. Registering only helps
> you in
> >court. It is a complicated thing.
> >
> >Bob
>
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