Copyright and License

[Courageous]

Mikael Olofsson wrote:
> 
> On 05-May-00 Courageous wrote:
>  >  That's the understatment of the century. As a matter of legal practice,
>  >  in the United States your copyright is worthless if you don't have it
>  >  registered, most assuredly in particular if someone else does.
> 
> And anything is worthless unless you have 50 lawyers to back it up.

This is one of those cases where it can be nearly worthless
even when you *do* have 50 lawyers to back it up. What you
have to understand is that the letter of the law not withstanding,
legal precedent and case rulings tell an entirely different
story. For whatever reason, the current holder of the valid
legal registered copyright is often the final word. The moral
of the story: registration is a good idea (and cheap).



C/