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Originally Posted by darryl
The type of modifications done usually mean that the book itself would attract copyright. This person who has just copied everything would be breaching the copyright. I know vaguely that the US has a registration system for copyright and requires the use of a copyright symbol on the work, but am not sure of the consequences of not following that system. However, in Australia, the United Kingdom and likely the other common law countries copyright just exists, with no requirement of registration or requirement to show the copyright mark on the work.
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US copyright is also automatic. You have a copyright in all works you create at the moment of creation. Registration is only necessary to qualify for statutory damages if you sue. You can sue without registration, but can only receive actual damages then. A copyright mark is not required to show it's copyrighted. (More like, legally it's assumed to be copyrighted unless otherwise noted.)
So yeah, this guy's likely violating US copyrights too.