Clarification
Apr. 14th, 2008 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenmillionDude. You can sue for actual damages and losses if you have not registered your copyright. You cannot sue for punitive (statutory) damages unless you have registered said copyright.
I saw that Neil Gaiman had blogged that you couldn't sue if you didn't register a copyright. I would've emailed him a little note of clarification, since that seems the thing to do. But I wasn't able to find a contact form easily, and I'm far too full of delicious dinner to look for it hard, which is why I'm posting this in my own journal instead. Call me lazy.
I am putting together a comprehensive article on the topic (in particular the CMA and the OWA that have been a hot conversation lately) for the May issue of EMG-Zine, and if anyone felt like I was being condescending or snotty, I apologize. I know it's been a touchy subject, and everything is frighteningly possible. I'm glad it came up, because I've learned a ton on the subject.
I agreed to work all day tomorrow, somehow. I've had four days off, I'm not sure I remember how to go to work again.
I saw that Neil Gaiman had blogged that you couldn't sue if you didn't register a copyright. I would've emailed him a little note of clarification, since that seems the thing to do. But I wasn't able to find a contact form easily, and I'm far too full of delicious dinner to look for it hard, which is why I'm posting this in my own journal instead. Call me lazy.
I am putting together a comprehensive article on the topic (in particular the CMA and the OWA that have been a hot conversation lately) for the May issue of EMG-Zine, and if anyone felt like I was being condescending or snotty, I apologize. I know it's been a touchy subject, and everything is frighteningly possible. I'm glad it came up, because I've learned a ton on the subject.
I agreed to work all day tomorrow, somehow. I've had four days off, I'm not sure I remember how to go to work again.
