[IP] more on Google to Offer News Archive
Begin forwarded message:
From: Harold Burstyn <harold.burstyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 11, 2006 3:02:58 AM JST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Google to Offer News Archive
Reply-To: burstynh@xxxxxxxxx
Sally Richards wrote:
... The only way that [republishing without permission]'s going to
end is if there is some kind of law protecting content creators from
companies that violate rights contracts. Writers currently have to
prove damages, and with no way to audit microsales, how many times
something has been accessed, for how much $$ and if it is originally
what brought a surfer to the site (if so, what other purchases were
made on that visit), damages cannot be physically proven.
That's not quite right. First, a U. S. author must register the
copyright before charging infringement. Second, if the author
registers either before the infringement or within three months of
publication, the author can receive statutory damages and attorneys'
fees on proof of infringement.
--
Harold L. Burstyn, Attorney-at-Law (NY & FL) and Registered Patent
Attorney
216 Bradford Parkway, Syracuse NY 13224-1767, tel. (315) 445-0620,
fax (509) 479-4103
Adjunct Professor, L. C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer
Science, Syracuse University
CST 4-104, Syracuse NY 13244-4100, tel. (315) 443-4375, fax (315)
443-2583
burstynh at iname.com http://www.burstyn.net
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