* Arnoud Engelfriet <arnoud@engelfriet.net> [2008-01-30 15:57:06 +0100]: > Ben Finney wrote: > > My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it > > easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* > > copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyright is > > current. > > "Furthermore, in the event that a work is infringed, if the work carries a > proper notice, the court will not give any weight to a defendant's > interposition of an innocent infringement defense.that is, that he or she > did not realize that the work was protected. An innocent infringement > defense may result in a reduction in damages that the copyright owner would > otherwise receive." > http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably worth avoiding an "innocent infringement defense"; on the other hand, updating copyright notices every year seems like a rather tedious task that people typically don't ever get around to (at least, judging by all the out of date copyright notices out there). Oh well... -- mithrandi, i Ainil en-Balandor, a faer Ambar
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