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Oral contracts are legal and valid, yet most people write down their contracts for good, practical reasons outside of strict legality. Same goes for copyright
by smallnamespace 5y ago
Oral contracts are legal and valid, yet most people write down their contracts for good, practical reasons outside of strict legality.
Same goes for copyright notices. For example, the notice makes it hard for a violator to use a negligence defense, effectively increasing the penalty for violations.
- paulddraper 5y agoPeople write down contracts for proof. Without that, it's dubious if the contract even existed. But proof is not relevant for a copyright. Even without writing, the existence of the copyright is not in doubt.
- kbutler 5y agoBut the owner of the copyright is.
- Sebb767 5y agoNegligence is not applicable in this case, as, like the comment above pointed out, the default state is copyrighted. It's a bit like putting a "stealing this car is illegal"-sticker on your car - sure, you made that clear, but "I didn't know stealing this car was illegal" is not going to fly as a defense either way.