Dan,
Not to start a debate, but you are incorrect thinking "everything else I
wrote is wrong". Just ask a copyright attorney about your options.
I'm trying to type in layman terms so all can understand.
The statement of mine, you quoted, is absolutely CORRECT! The fact still
remains "no registration, no Federal court case". Even going to court and
winning does not mean any monetary damages will be awarded. They will be
determined by how much monetary loss the Plaintiff experienced, with regard
to the infringement. And Punitive damages are totally up to the discretion
of the judge or jury.
The point I am trying to get across is get a Federal copyright, Patent
and/or Trademark/Service for anything you want Federal court protection on.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Kriwitsky [mailto:webhosting (at mark) yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 12:03 PM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: {Spam?} [coba-e:15042] Re: {Spam?} Re: NuOnce Software
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, wcstaff <> wrote:
> Copyeight work cannot be defended in Federal Court, until
> it is registered
> with the US copyright office.
>
Close. You can't collect statutory damages unless it's registered. Otherwise
everything else you wrote is wrong.
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Dan Kriwitsky