Re: comment on copyright case?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2000, Calle Ostergaard <info[_at_]troll-company.dk> wrote:
>
> Just for the record and because this list is followed by people
> in many countries IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REGISTER COPYRIGHT IN
> FOREIGN WORKS BEFORE YOU START TO SUE FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
> IN USA.
No; but you will still not get statutory damages or attorney's fees. Since the latter are likely to be substantial it is not worth suing unless the actual damages you may be able to recover are even more substantial. To get effective copyright protection in the US -- against small as well as large-scale infringements, foreign rightsholders still have to register.

Edward Barrow
edward[_at_]plato32.demon.co.uk Received on Tue May 02 2000 - 21:17:44 GMT