Re: False and Deceptive Trade Practices (was Acknowledging Samples)

From: Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:47:00 -0400


On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, John T. Mitchell wrote:

> Might a person who claims copyright over a work which is in the public
> domain run afoul of trade deception laws? (Example: I publish a work by
> Shakespeare and place a copyright notice on it, perhaps with the added
> language "warning" that any reproduction without my authorization is an
> infringement.)

It would certainly violate section 506(c) of the Copyright Act. Received on Fri Sep 22 2006 - 01:47:00 GMT

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