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Yes. he's the creator and it's up to him as a matter of legality to decide where and how his creations are distributed. Much like what the NFL does. (regardles
by AckSyn 10y ago
Yes. he's the creator and it's up to him as a matter of legality to decide where and how his creations are distributed. Much like what the NFL does. (regardless of how easy it is to pirate something)
Everyone holds the copyright to their work immediately during and after its creation. There's no filing like you'd have to do with a Trademark.
Putting in on a medium that's FCC regulated means he may have some recourse.
- rhizome 10y agoTo be clear, you don't have to register copyrights in order to have a copyright in a creation, but you do have to register copyrights in order to sue for damages.
- anigbrowl 10y agoStrictly speaking no, you can still sue for economic damages and win, but registering lets you get statutory damages which are punitive in nature, up to 3x the economic damages. Economic damages are limited to what you'd have been owed if they licensed it at prevailing rates.
- rhizome 10y agoSorry, yes. I had it backwards.