Re: Advice-giving audience for my composition?


"notejam" <notejam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Its the only good protocol, any thing less your likely to run into
> trouble.
> The gov web site gives the law as it stands, and unfortunately the way
> the law is worded, it misleads persons to think they are safe, after
> all they created the work, and then they find out in court that they
> have an unprovable copyright case.

Please quote the text to which you refer

To add, whether you're protected or not, I think Matt's other point is the
more important one - he registers as a matter of protocol. I think if you're
going to put something out in public, you need to register it. It would be a
good practice for all of us to get into.

I should also mention the reverse is true. If you compose something and tuck
it away in a drawer, registering it is not so important, and it just makes
more work for the Copyright Office. We should all register, but register
responsibly.

Oh dear, I'm becoming my dad. Yikes!

Later,
Steve


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