[NetBehaviour] Fwd: Mickey Mouse Bill

[Rob Myers]

james jwm-art net quoth:

> The convention of putting a little c with a circle around it
> became redundant in the U.S. in 1976. In current copyright law,
> every drawing, painting, photograph, poem or play is simply
> owned by you the author. If somebody swipes it, or uses it
> without your permission, you have the law on your side to chase
> them down and get paid.

Not if you haven't registered the copyright.

http://www.publaw.com/advantage.html

As for the claim that you'll have to register everything with a separate 
content registry, that is false:

http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1561

> If someone can tell me the
> possible value of the Orphan Works Act, I'd really appreciate
> it.

http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/ow

- Rob.