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Registering a copyright? Is that something you can do in Germany? I thought that was something that existed only in the United States, and only a long time ago.
by Bromskloss 10y ago
Registering a copyright? Is that something you can do in Germany? I thought that was something that existed only in the United States, and only a long time ago.
- allendoerfer 10y agoYou cannot. The German Urheberrecht is something a creator automatically is entitled to and which cannot be taken away from him.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoForgive me, in the US copyright exists immediately when a work is created (I'm unfamiliar with German law, I'm a US citizen residing in the US). You can still register your copyright to make it known with the US Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/sl35.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/fls/sl35.pdf
- vidarh 10y agoIt still exists in the US. Copyright is automatic in the US as just about everywhere else, but registration is necessary if you wish to seek statutory damages rather than just actual damages in the case of infringement.