Now that's a really logical idea - set up a national registry, force anyone who wants copyright to pay a fee and then get the government to prosecute infringers...
That sounds like a real improvement on the current system where creating a work automatically gives copyright and infringement is a civil matter...
Put another way, what "free loaders" are you talking about or do you really want yet more federal interference in matters that don't concern it?
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Originally Posted by crossi
I think a national registry of all copy righted books should be set up. Any book not registered there should be considered to be in the public domain. If the U.S. is expected to go to the expence of enforcing the copyright of any book then the owner of that copyright should pay a fee for that service. No fee no copyright. These free loaders shouldn't expect something for nothing.
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