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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 18:55:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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). [...]
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> 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.
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 be able to recover complete losses.
Frank
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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