On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:19:15 -0700, Mary wrote:

Actually, in any country that's a signatory to the Berne Convention, any
original work is automatically covered by copyright regardless of any
registration. I'm familiar with the US copyright laws and registration
here gives you additional protection in that there are statutory damages
you may be entitled to in the event of infringement (quite substantial
damages, as a matter of fact) while you're only entitled to recover actual
damages if you don't register. The work itself, though is still
copyrighted, simply through the act of creation and publication...

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