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Throwback: I wrote about how a copyright has value even if it& #39;s not registered. https://twitter.com/MarkJKings/status/1204574175450419200">https://twitter.com/MarkJKing...
Every time I write about copyright registration, well-meaning Twitter people jump in to add "this is only in the US" or some other clarification.
As I say, assume all my threads have asterisks. Here are the some of the important asterisks for that thread:
As I say, assume all my threads have asterisks. Here are the some of the important asterisks for that thread:
I& #39;m typically writing about copyright law in the United States. Most other countries don& #39;t have this requirement that a copyright must be registered before suing.
Also if the work is not a United States work (that is, a foreign author created the work in another country), the author doesn& #39;t need to register the copyright before suing in the US.
Last year, the Supreme Court issued an important decision on copyright registration. But it doesn& #39;t affect what I wrote. I wrote a separate thread about that: https://twitter.com/MarkJKings/status/1204789634334511104">https://twitter.com/MarkJKing...
The Effective Registration Date is different than the date the copyright must be registered for the filing requirement. I wrote about that in this thread: https://twitter.com/MarkJKings/status/1209601465804681217">https://twitter.com/MarkJKing...
And if the work is published, statutory damages may be available if the registration is "within three made months after the publication of the work." But discussing "publication" of a copyrighted work needs a bunch of other threads.
