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Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement
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Hyman Rosen |
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Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement |
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Tue, 04 May 2010 16:13:11 -0000 |
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On 4/9/2010 11:51 AM, RJack wrote:
You can only claim infringement for works that *you* own.
Register *your* contribution and stop claiming rights to
ownership of a derivative work as a whole.
That's what registration of copyright means; it reflects the
registrant's ownership of rights, but does not impugn the
rights of any other holder.
<http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gaiman_v._McFarlane>
In addition to the copyright notices, McFarlane registered
copyright on the issues and the books. But to suppose that
by doing so he provided notice to Gaiman of his exclusive
claim to the characters is again untenable. Authors don’t
consult the records of the Copyright Office to see whether
someone has asserted copyright in their works; and anyway
McFarlane’s registrations no more revealed an intent to
claim copyright in Gaiman’s contributions, as distinct from
McFarlane’s own contributions as compiler and illustrator,
than the copyright notices did. The significance of
registration is that it is a prerequisite to a suit to
enforce a copyright.
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, (continued)
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement,
Hyman Rosen <=
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/05/04
- Re: SFLC stipulated dismissal of Comtrend without any settlement, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Bosch says the GPL is not enforceable, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Versa trashes the GPL as well, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Versa asserts joint ownership/indispensable party defense, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Versa asserts joint ownership/indispensable party defense, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Versa asserts joint ownership/indispensable party defense, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Versa asserts joint ownership/indispensable party defense, RJack, 2010/05/04
- Re: Versa asserts joint ownership/indispensable party defense, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Versa trashes the GPL as well, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04