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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Well, the US probably isn't going to sign the TPP.
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Which is possibly the first positive thing I have to say about our President-Elect.
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Prior to 1978, in the US, you did have to register a copyright, but that was very simple and didn't cost a dime. You just had to put a copyright notice on it when you published it. That's it. You may be confusing the registration with renewal requirements.
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Could be. The Copyright Act of 1909 required formal publication and registration as a requirement for federal copyright protections, and renewal did cost. I could well be conflating that.
Put another way, the Copyright Act of 1976 did away with the formal requirements and made renewal automatic and free. I consider these to be good things whether they help Big Content players or self-publishing individuals. It also mostly superseded state-level copyright laws. Mostly.