Re: archiving on inet

[Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>]

Perry writes:

> Mike Godwin says:
> > > Try to sue for damages when your work is available for free to
> > > millions of people. The judge will laugh in your face, copyright or
> > > no. Damages are, after all, related to lost revenue -- if you allow
> > > anyone who wants to see something for free in one medium, you will
> > > have a fucking hard time to keep them from examining it in another
> > > equivalent medium.
> > 
> > One can register the work and sue for statutory damages and attorneys'
> > fees. No need to prove damages in such a case.
> 
> Absolutely true, but one has to say "Copyright" in the work in such a
> case.

This is not true.

> Virtually no usenet work has that magic word in it. From what I
> understand, if you don't say "Copyright" they can stop you in court
> but there is a presumption going for the defendant.

May have been true in the old days, but it isn't true now.


--Mike