Re: Harpsichordist (Was: web-publishing & copyright...)

Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> 17 USC sec. 412 by its terms suggests that if you don't register, you
> don't get the enhanced remedies. Thus, while you don't *have to*
> register under 411(a), it may still be a good idea. [Is there caselaw
> rejecting this reading of 412?]
>
> Whether it is the imposition of a formality is a tougher question.
> It is true that your entitlement to certain benefits depends on
> registration.

I think only US lawyers have trouble with this ;-) It doesn't look like a tough question to me. It is an imposition of a formality, plain and simple. It was a compromise to get the US into Berne. The tough question is whether it was a necessary or is an acceptable compromise.

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