Re: registration and deposit

From: Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:12:10 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> To be precise: 17 USC sec. 512 provides that: "no action for
> infringement of the copyright in any United States work shall be
> instituted until registration of the copyright claim has been made."
> A U.S. work is one first published in the U.S., or simultaneously
> published in the U.S. and another country; or one for which all of
> the authors are U.S. nationals or residents. Registration is not
> required of foreign nationals [such as Mr./Ms. Ostergaard] for
> works first published outside the U.S.

While this is of course true, it's highly advisable for foreign nationals to register their works anyway. If they don't, they won't be eligible for an award of attorney fees if they become involved in U.S. copyright litigation, nor will they be eligible for a statutory damages award.

Stephen Fishman
<sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>

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