Re: Stealing Product Descriptions

Pogonip wrote:

No worries. The copyright office would prefer that you pay for
registration, but the courts have upheld the "poor man?s copyright" in
the U.S. and it's even in the written law in some other countries. Not
recommended, but it can be better than nothing. The fact is that
there are alternatives to paying for a copyright registration.

Actually my copyright atty shows me cases where
the courts have NOT upheld the "poor man's copyright"
mail yourself thingie.

I think(?) where it falls short is in the statuatory
rewarding of damages plus punative and other compensation
when you do file with the Lib of Congress.

That's how it works with songs, anyway.

One would surely be wasting time to file a copyright
for eBay ad copy.


Lumpy

In Your Ears for 40 Something Years
www.LumpyMusic.com


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