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Because you need registration to sue for copyright infringement, does a copyright really have any value if it’s not registered?

From Mark Jaffe’s Twitter: I was asked a couple of times: because you need registration to sue for copyright infringement, does a copyright really have any value if it’s not registered? The answer is yes, it most definitely does. To recap, copyright protection exists at the moment you create the work. But before you can sue for copyright infringement, the

December 11, 2019 No Comments

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Event: How the New Gig Worker Law & Immigration Regulations Impact Small Business – November 13, 2019

Join Mark Jaffe and The Lamorinda Entrepreneurs for a panel discussion featuring three seasoned attorneys who will cover everything you need to know about how the new gig worker law and immigration regulations impact small businesses along with other common employment legal issues for small business and independent contractors alike. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-the-new-gig-worker-law-immigration-regulations-impact-small-business-tickets-79082468793? About this Event DETAILS: Wednesday, November 13th 6:30-8:30pm Orinda

October 30, 2019 No Comments

The Reconcilable Conflict Over Copyright Registration – A Proposal

Last month, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split, holding that under the Copyright Act, the Copyright Office must have granted registration to the plaintiff’s copyright before the plaintiff can sue. Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com. The Fourth Estate decision was neither ground-breaking nor surprising. It was a reasonable interpretation of 17 U.S.C. §411, which requires registration of

May 23, 2019 No Comments

Sound recording copyrights, authorship and termination rights under the Copyright Act – a series of tweets.

For the majority who would read a long series of tweets, this will be posted to twitter, for those who prefer to read on a blog. Here it is. Of course, it was still written for twitter, so please forgive the use of twitter-grammar. As promised, here’s a thread scratching the surface on sound recording copyrights, termination rights under the

March 6, 2019 No Comments

Defusing the Time Bomb Once Again

Determining Authorship in a Sound Recording This article by Mark Jaffe was originally published in the Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. on December 8, 2005.

March 6, 2019 No Comments

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