http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/ © 2009 Dana H. Shultz, Attorney at Law Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-3433 The High-touch Legal Services® Blog • For Startup/Early-stage Companies » Open Source Developer Wins Big – But Can He Collect? Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:55:35 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-3433 [...] under the GNU General Public License, Version 2 (the “GPL”). In October 2008, Anderson registered a copyright on the code that he [...] [...] under the GNU General Public License, Version 2 (the “GPL”). In October 2008, Anderson registered a copyright on the code that he [...]

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 The High-touch Legal Services® Blog • For Startup/Early-stage Companies » Protecting Software: Keeping Trade Secrets while Registering Copyrights Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:20:21 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-2983 [...] their products. There is a potential problem, however: The requirement to submit source code with a copyright registration is somewhat at odds with the confidentiality requirements of a trade [...] [...] their products. There is a potential problem, however: The requirement to submit source code with a copyright registration is somewhat at odds with the confidentiality requirements of a trade [...]

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1860 The High-touch Legal Services® Blog • For Startup/Early-stage Companies » No, You Can’t Just Scrape Someone Else’s Website Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:25:13 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-1860 [...] You would be committing copyright infringement. [...] [...] You would be committing copyright infringement. [...]

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 The High-touch Legal Services® Blog • For Startup/Early-stage Companies » Open Source Developer Prevails in Copyright Infringement Suit Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:58:12 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-1815 [...] Significance for open source developers: Alleging copyright infringement, instead of or in addition to breach of contract, can be valuable because it is a comparatively quick and easy route to statutory damages and an award of attorneys’ fees, in addition to an injunction. See Copyright Registration: Whether, When and Why. [...] [...] Significance for open source developers: Alleging copyright infringement, instead of or in addition to breach of contract, can be valuable because it is a comparatively quick and easy route to statutory damages and an award of attorneys’ fees, in addition to an injunction. See Copyright Registration: Whether, When and Why. [...]

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 The High-touch Legal Services® Blog • For Startup/Early-stage Companies » Copyright: If You’re Going to Register, Register Right Away Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:09:43 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-1316 [...] months ago (Copyright Registration: Whether, When and Why), I wrote about the benefits of registering a copyright. A recent case in the U.S. District Court [...] [...] months ago (Copyright Registration: Whether, When and Why), I wrote about the benefits of registering a copyright. A recent case in the U.S. District Court [...]

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 The High-touch Legal Services® Blog – For Startup and Early-stage Companies » “Orphan Works”: Copyright Victims that Never will Be Adopted Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:21:34 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-1039 [...] The resulting uncertainty leaves you with two unattractive alternatives: Either abandon your nascent business idea, depriving yourself of revenue and depriving potential customers of a valuable product, or proceed, always fearful that the copyright owner might appear from nowhere and bring a suit for copyright infringement. [...] [...] The resulting uncertainty leaves you with two unattractive alternatives: Either abandon your nascent business idea, depriving yourself of revenue and depriving potential customers of a valuable product, or proceed, always fearful that the copyright owner might appear from nowhere and bring a suit for copyright infringement. [...]

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Dana Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:39:13 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-484 This post was published on FizzTalk (as "When should I copyright?") at http://www.fizztalk.com/post/When-should-I-copyright.aspx. This post was published on FizzTalk (as “When should I copyright?”) at http://www.fizztalk.com/post/When-should-I-copyright.aspx.

]]> http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/07/08/copyright-registration-whether-when-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Copyright info for your personal branding publishing efforts – Wally's Follies Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:04:09 +0000 http://danashultz.com/blog/?p=247#comment-280 [...] Services Blog,” for people who are starting or running small businesses. You can read it here. (Or subscribe to it using Google Reader and the RSS feed on Dana’s blog. See my articles on [...] [...] Services Blog,” for people who are starting or running small businesses. You can read it here. (Or subscribe to it using Google Reader and the RSS feed on Dana’s blog. See my articles on [...]

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