Bruce Hayden <bhayden[_at_]uswest.net> wrote:
>
> Brigid S. Delaney <wiredheart[_at_]hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I can't imagine this happening - but what if you originated a work - and
> > submitted it for copyright registration and someone else obtained a copy
> > of that work and also attempted to register the work fraudently under
> > his name?
>
> Sure, its possible, but not really that plausible. And the guy
> who frauduently registers someone ele's work is really not
> going to benefit from that registration in the long run, should
> the frauduent registration ever come out.
This happens all the time in "work for hire" cases, where the true author is in dispute. Both will register the work, and let the courts settle the matter. The Copyright office will not refuse to register when they know that the exact same work has already been registered, they will issue another registration. They do not operate like the Patent office or the Trademark office (both are in the PTO), where an examination is made and a comparison is made to see if the content is eligible for protection. The Copyright office merely checks to see if the subject matter is eligible for protection...
Thomas Workman
<tworkman[_at_]erols.com>
Received on Tue Jul 21 1998 - 17:30:41 GMT
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