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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 7574444" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Just saw this article on a SCOTUS ruling about needing to complete registration of copyright before suing:</p><p><a href="https://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-supreme-court-holds-copyrights-must-be-registered-plaintiffs-can-file?fbclid=IwAR09aZ0DRwi0OZDq1bRlPp90VT_7AbbO7QqdB0vkrZxU5KakHIbdtHSVNiE" target="_blank">https://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-supreme-court-holds-copyrights-must-be-registered-plaintiffs-can-file?fbclid=IwAR09aZ0DRwi0OZDq1bRlPp90VT_7AbbO7QqdB0vkrZxU5KakHIbdtHSVNiE</a></p><p></p><p>Now none of us are lawyers (except Danny, etc) but many of us know the basic rule that in the US, your work is automatically copyrighted so you don't need to do anything specific.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But, I recently ran across some wording on the US copyright website that basically said, that's great, but if you need to file a suit on a violation of copyright, it needs to be registered before a copyright court will hear the case. The site implied you had some years retro-actively to do that if need be. Just paraphrasing.</p><p></p><p>Now this new news comes in, and it makes me rethink the entire advice. You wrote something, let's say an RPG, because we're on EN World. You think "it's America, I'm covered!"</p><p></p><p>Somebody gets a copy of it (let's say your evil twin who spells his name backwards). They post it online and put their name on it.</p><p></p><p>You need to send a take-down notice, or a lawyer or something.</p><p></p><p>Are you good to go and protected?</p><p></p><p>Based on my new understanding (aka I could be wrong, IANAL), no. You are kinda screwed. It'll take 6 months to register for $35 or $800 to register in 2 weeks. You gotta have $800.</p><p></p><p>Now imagine, you had a gaming blog. One article a week. Your twin started stealing those. That's $35 a pop to cover your work.</p><p></p><p>Now maybe I'm missing something here, but you're not really protected by copyright law automatically if you can't get the protections of copyright law automatically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 7574444, member: 8835"] Just saw this article on a SCOTUS ruling about needing to complete registration of copyright before suing: [url]https://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-supreme-court-holds-copyrights-must-be-registered-plaintiffs-can-file?fbclid=IwAR09aZ0DRwi0OZDq1bRlPp90VT_7AbbO7QqdB0vkrZxU5KakHIbdtHSVNiE[/url] Now none of us are lawyers (except Danny, etc) but many of us know the basic rule that in the US, your work is automatically copyrighted so you don't need to do anything specific. But, I recently ran across some wording on the US copyright website that basically said, that's great, but if you need to file a suit on a violation of copyright, it needs to be registered before a copyright court will hear the case. The site implied you had some years retro-actively to do that if need be. Just paraphrasing. Now this new news comes in, and it makes me rethink the entire advice. You wrote something, let's say an RPG, because we're on EN World. You think "it's America, I'm covered!" Somebody gets a copy of it (let's say your evil twin who spells his name backwards). They post it online and put their name on it. You need to send a take-down notice, or a lawyer or something. Are you good to go and protected? Based on my new understanding (aka I could be wrong, IANAL), no. You are kinda screwed. It'll take 6 months to register for $35 or $800 to register in 2 weeks. You gotta have $800. Now imagine, you had a gaming blog. One article a week. Your twin started stealing those. That's $35 a pop to cover your work. Now maybe I'm missing something here, but you're not really protected by copyright law automatically if you can't get the protections of copyright law automatically. [/QUOTE]
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