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In a practical sense these concepts only exist to the extent that the "owner" is willing to enforce them. If this guy says he has uncopyrighted everything and
by acabal 14y ago
In a practical sense these concepts only exist to the extent that the "owner" is willing to enforce them. If this guy says he has uncopyrighted everything and doesn't bother chasing after people for copyright violations, then there you go.
On the other hand I believe an officially registered copyright is required to merely go to court about a case, so if he says he's uncopyrighted everything, then turns evil, registers a copyright, and starts suing, I imagine that wouldn't really stand up so well to a judge in court.
Really though I find the entire concept of copyright and intellectual "property" to be pretty ridiculous and baffling so maybe my interpretation is wrong.
- moron4hire 14y agoYes, he still holds the copyright to the media, he has just declared a free, non-exclusive, unlimited license for the entire world.
- bediger4000 14y agoI believe an officially registered copyright is required to merely go to court about a case No, you can go to court about unregistered copyrights. The distinction is with registration, you can sue for statutory damages, instead of actual damages, and that's where the real money is. But again, I Am Not A Lawyer, and we always let lawyers speak about these things at hundreds of dollars an hour, so you just have mis-information until you pay someone to bring your particular case to trial.