Re: Online Copyright Registration

From: Bernard Katz <bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:09:44 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Michael Bradley <michael[_at_]vision-soft.com> wrote:
>
> The Web site does nothing that writers themselves can't do and offers no
> additional protections. It's a clerical service that fills out the
> Copyright Office forms for you. That's all.
>
> And it's misleading, to say the least. "And only ONLINE COPYRIGHT offers
> immediate copyright protection the instant you transmit your information
> and creative material" is just plain wrong. The protection exists the
> instant the writes puts pen to paper.

So could the folks running this site be "dinged" for false advertising? Seems to me they'll suck in the unwary and unknowledgable otherwise...

Cheers,
Bernard Katz, Head, Special Collections and Library Development

	      McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
	  and Chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force

bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca // (519) 824-4120 X2089 // FAX: (519) 824-6931 Received on Tue Mar 31 1998 - 22:09:48 GMT