Re: Question

From: Charles McGarry <cmcgarry[_at_]ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 97 13:08:32 PDT

On Mon, 08 Sep 1997, Don Mayer <don[_at_]pidwanger.com> wrote:
>
> I just found out that a major company has used one of my on-line
> works as a demonstration of their authoring tools. The site is marked
> with a copyright notice but not the actual page. I was told by an
> attorney that, unless I had registered the copyright, I was entitled
> to only compensation for the value of the work and no attorney's
> fees or punative damages.
>
> Is this a foregone conclusion which has already been agreed by
> corporations and handed down to the lawyers as Gospel or do we as
> individual artists have any recourse.

It's not too late to register your copyright now. You'll need to do that if you ever want to go to court at all. Late registration does limit your recovery, but non-registration gets you nothing under the copyright act.

If your goal is simply to stop them from using your work, you can demand that now.

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Name: Charles McGarry
E-mail: Charles McGarry <cmcgarry[_at_]ix.netcom.com> Date: 9/9/97
Time: 1:08:32 PM

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