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>There is no office where you file a copyright application. Using a (c) and/or other types of copyright notices is optional in a post-Berne American court. Cop
by tylerritchie 15y ago
>There is no office where you file a copyright application. Using a (c) and/or other types of copyright notices is optional in a post-Berne American court.
Copyright is given de facto, but there is in fact an office where you file for a registered copyright.
In general, copyright registration is a legal formality intended to make a public record of the basic facts of a particular copyright. However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection. Even though registration is not a requirement for protection, the copyright law provides several inducements or advantages to encourage copyright owners to make registration...[1]
The office in question is the US Copyright office. Registering gives you benefits such as damages and attorney's fees in the event of a court action.
[1] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf
- dfc 15y ago"registration is not a condition of copyright protection"
- mokus 15y ago"Copyright is given de facto, but" ... If you're going to imply someone isn't reading what they wrote, the least you can do is read what they wrote.
- dfc 15y agoTrue. I apologize for coming off like a jerk. I should have provided more context, i was trying to highlight that contrary to what the OP wrote that is was irrelevant "they never show that the text was copyrighted."
- tylerritchie 15y agoI didn't disagree with the, "they never show that the text was copyrighted." But I did think it reasonable to point out that there is--in fact--a place to register your works for a registered copyright. You don't have to, but it does give you nice benefits.
- rhizome 15y agoI think it might just be bad wording. One of the requirements of notification for copyright infringement is to identify the specific instances of infringement.
- jfarmer 15y agoActually, it's not de facto, it's the opposite: de jure.
- tylerritchie 15y agoAgreed, poor choice of words on my part. I was using it colloquially as concerning legal matters, which was inaccurate.
- jfarmer 15y agoIt was more a reply to mokus, who chided you for being wrong even though you were technically (albeit unknowingly) correct. ;)