A Look at Art & Design: Copyright Law :: Protected or Not?
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Copyright Law is indeed a slippery slope. Over at Vitamin, Stephan Nipper, writes on March 2nd, 2007 a post entitled Copyright: Get to know the Facts but having read the article I really must ask Attorney Nipper what exactly are the facts please? According to Attorney Nipper, his article encourages the purchase of US copyright registration (at $45/a pop) in order to avoid "...a common misconception about copyright law that still exists today, some thirty years later. This misconception often serves as a trap that many a copyright owner, including web developers and designers, unknowingly falls for. What is it? Its the belief that Á€œa copyright owner does not have to file a copyright application to protect its worksÁ€¦rather, copyright protection forms when the works are created.Á€« While technically true (copyright protection begins at the Á€˜publicationÁ€™ of the work), taking...
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copyright law, Berne Convention, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization, copyright, US copyright, thinkvitamin, Stephan Nipper, Creative Commons
