copyright registration

[paulr]

thanks everyone ... huge help.

[Peter Rip]

Claiming copyright does not require an affirmative act. From http://creativecommons.org/about/legal/cultivating

"After January 1, 1978 (the effective date of the Copyright Act of 1976), omission of a copyright notice could later be corrected, and thus did not result in outright forfeiture of copyright.[2] As of March 1, 1989 (the effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988), notice of copyright is now entirely optional. [3] Today, copyright status, rather than public domain status, is the default for all "original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression." [4] As the Copyright Office puts it, "copyright is an incident of creative authorship not dependent on statutory formalities."[5]"

[tim atherton]

"Claiming copyright does not require an affirmative act" but being able to enforce it effectively does i.e. Registration

[Clay Turtle]

hmm . . . http://digimarc.com

[Clay Turtle]

hmm . . . http://www.digimarc.com