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In general, if you have a metric shitload of money, you own them. If you're a normal person, you're on your own. Copyright really only seems to be effective i

• UVB-76 13y ago
  As sad a state of affairs as it sounds, it makes sense. Protecting intellectual property is a costly business. If you're a business, you can stand to lose a lot of money through improper use of your intellectual property, hence it makes sense to hire expensive lawyers to protect it. If you're an individual, the amount you stand to lose probably doesn't justify those expensive lawyers. No one is stopping you hiring them, it just doesn't make economic sense.
• polymatter 13y ago
  I believe your general principle can be generalised beyond merely copyright law.
• igouy 13y ago
  "Register the work with the Copyright Office" $35/batch "With registration before infringement, you can seek statutory damages ($750-$30,000) and attorneys’ fees and statutory damages can be enhanced up to $150,000 if the infringement was willful." "Section 1202 Damages for Removal of Copyright Management Information (CMI)Elements-Remove or alter CMI (watermark/copyright information) intent to induce, facilitate or conceal infringement Statutory damages $2,500 to $25,000" see http://www.pacaoffice.org/library.shtml http://www.pacaoffice.org/library.shtml