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02-28-2012, 10:11 AM | #152 |
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Actually in the US it is cheap and easy to file copy right requests from the USPTO. It isn't FREE, which is a bit of an issue, but it is very, very cheap. If you are attempting to profit off of intellectual property you have created, then the cost of a copy right filing is just about insignficant, unless of course the potential derived income is also nearly insignificant.
I forget the exact cost right now, but I think it is in the $20 range and a 1 page form. Granted, for someone like a photographer that can get expensive for hundreds or thousands of images. At the same time, I would hope to some extent they aren't going to be plying their real money makers about on the internet and ones they commercialize they'd be filing for copy right on in which case a $20 filing fee is a relatively small portion of probably a several hundred dollar image. Not having filed for a copy right has not stopped IP owners from winning big lawsuits in cases of rampant commercial infringement. If it is a case of rampant non-commercial infringement, well unfortunately that is much harder to go after. It is like trying to stamp on an ant hill and hoping you manage to crush all of the ants (which makes it harder when you are no bigger than an ant trying to stamp on the ant hill for the little guys). So yes, little guys are disproportionatly impacted a lot of times. That said, that is always the case in the world with ANYTHING. It sucks, but it is true. Big companies and rich people always have significantly more power and almost always are impacted significantly less from things. Even little guys has inexpensive tools at their disposal to attempt to reduce/stop IP violations and have excellent tools to stop commercial IP infringement. |
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http://www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html You must file the copyright before you can take the claim to court. You don't have to file before the infringement, just before the court filing. If the infringement occurs before the copyright filing, you can only collect actual damages, not statutory damages. My last dealing with the copyright office cost me $75. It looks like the fees have gone up quite a bit since then. Greg Weeks |
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02-28-2012, 01:44 PM | #154 |
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Hmm good to know. Though still, you do have relief available and depending on what you are doing, at least if it is commercial/income generating from IP, the cost isn't necessarily that extreme to protect your IP in advance and if you decide to do it after the fact you do still have some recourse and protection.
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02-29-2012, 01:22 PM | #155 |
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I find this thread particularly ironic in light of this.
France is clearly all about author's rights and we are all so very equal under the law. |
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