In , "Braìnbuster"
wrote:

Frank Gilliland wrote in message
...

Nice rant, but it is based on your ignorance of copyright law.


Really, Frank... it is clear:
quote ref="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci"
It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights
provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright.
/quote


But you seem to wish to argue that registration is required.
Maybe you should have read this part:

quote ref="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#hsc"
The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently
misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in
the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright.
/quote

But surely you must know that - it was in the section that you mentioned to
Mark:

quote ref="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#cr"
However, registration is not a condition of copyright
protection. Even though registration is not a requirement
for protection, the copyright law provides several
inducements or advantages to encourage copyright
owners to make registration.
quote

With or without registration, works ARE protected by copyright.



Let's try this one more time..... Study the code from the link I quoted
above,
verify all of its references to other sections of the code that are
relevant
to this specific 'case',


If, as you suggest, you have already done this, then quote the reference to
a section which allows public display and modification of copyright
material.
I named the sections, and gave the wording. If you are unwilling to do the
same, then you are just spouting off and hiding in a mountain of rules,
pages and links.


You can cut-&-paste the US Code as much as you want, but the original still
exists at the link I provided. I guess I have to spell it out for you.....

"Sec. 412. - Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement",
means that if your copyright isn't registered, you don't have any rights beyond
those listed in Sec. 106A(a). That section is very specific, and those rights
are limited to "Rights of Attribution and Integrity":

".....

Subject to section 107 and independent of the exclusive rights provided in
section 106, the author of a work of visual art -

(1) shall have the right -

(A) to claim authorship of that work, and

(B) to prevent the use of his or her name as the author of any work of
visual art which he or she did not create;

(2) shall have the right to prevent the use of his or her name as the author
of the work of visual art in the event of a distortion, mutilation, or other
modification of the work which would be prejudicial to his or her honor or
reputation; and

(3) subject to the limitations set forth in section 113(d), shall have the
right -

(A) to prevent any intentional distortion, mutilation, or other modification
of that work which would be prejudicial to his or her honor or reputation, and
any intentional distortion, mutilation, or modification of that work is a
violation of that right, and

(B) to prevent any destruction of a work of recognized stature, and any
intentional or grossly negligent destruction of that work is a violation of that
right.

....."


That's it. NOW, Peter, which of those rights have been violated?






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