Re: U.S. copyright registration process

On Wed, Aug 02, 2000, Calle Ostergaard <info[_at_]troll-company.dk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Frederic M. Wilf <fwilf[_at_]morganlewis.com> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> > does not apply to "Berne Convention works," which means that most
> > foreign rights holders will not be subject to this requirement.
>
> Please advise where you did find that this requirement "does not apply
> to 'Berne Convention works,' which means that most foreign rights holders
> will not be subject to this requirement."
>
> The material I have seen from Copyright Office states that statutory
> damage is only available when copyright is registered prior to the
> infringing act?

What would happen if someone willfully stole the material prior to obtaining copyright and was willfully infringing, claiming it as there own. Would there be any statutory damages if the party that it was stolen from finally receive their property back and then copyrighted it? (Property was Computer Program and Source Code)

Greg Erkins
<gerkins[_at_]gci.net> Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 08:47:16 GMT