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Re: Look what I found in the comics section!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:51:47 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Frank Filz writes:
> [...] (but you don't lose a copyright just because you don't protect it,
> it's just going to be hard proving damages from someone who you knew was
> violating your copyright that you chose not to pursue). [...]
IANAL, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that there was some kind of
time span of 3 years that figured in somewhere, something to the effect that
if someone _knew_ you were violating their copyright for three years and
didn't do anything, then they lost a lot of ground. This is just from memory
and I'm not even sure if it was USC, but something rings a bell there w.r.t.
some kind of 3-year timeout thingie.
--Todd
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| (...) Wouldn't surprise me. Of course, unless there is regulation which specifically states that not enforcing one's copyright would not at all affect the ability to recover damages, the longer one leaves a violator alone, the less likely you will (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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