Re: FAQ copyrights

Michael E. Carver (mcarver@teleport.com)
Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:01:22 -0800 (PST)

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> I guess what I am leading up to is the interesting thing he said that if
> my copyright notice was violated and I didn't take legal action I would
> loose my right. Basically, if you decide to let one slip and don't
> litigate, you automatically loose the right to do so in the future ( all
> this according to american law, or some precedent, I suppose). That means
> that if you don't go after the USENET-CD selling companies you loose your
> copyright in effect. Is this really true, I mean concerning American law
> - the whole set of problems around differing national and international
> laws set aside.
>
> In Karen's case, would she have to take legal action to keep her copyright
> intact?

To the best of my knowledge one does not have to resort to "legal
action" until the very very bitter end. Usually an "official notice" of
a "cease and desist" is suffecient to show that the copyright holder is
enforcing their rights. However, if the violator continues to violate
the copyright, one may have to resort to legal action to prevent them
from this violation.

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