Re: Question (Infringements prior to registration)

Robert Panzer <bigbusie[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> On September 10, pidwanger.com (Don Mayer) wrote about the problem of
> the copyright law requirement of registration prior to an infringement
> in order to get statutory damages and attorneys fees.
>
> If anyone knows the status on the bill I mention above I would
> appreciate hearing about it. I am also eager for your opinions on
> this subject in general.

You have hit the nail on the head here! And when the companies actually use the artists material to sell their own they are just avoiding paying someone to do it under contract or through an advertising agency. They claim they are "helping" the artist and giving him exposure. Now in some case that may be agreed upon in advance but, if not, the infringement seems very obvious. Yet the laws don't make it easy for the artist to get the law behind him/her.

It seems to me this needs to change. These software companies particularly (who are complaining the loudest) should be setting the example....or be made examples of!

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Don Mayer, Cybertect
<don[_at_]pidwanger.com>

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