[Foundation-l] Projects without >FDL1.2 migration clause

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Mon Apr 7 19:51:30 UTC 2008


>  > In order to enter into a copyright lawsuit in the United States, you
>  >  first have to register your copyrighted work.
>
>  By my understanding, not registering just limits how much you can sue
>  for (actual damages as opposed to statutory, or something like that -
>  actual damages would be minimal, though).
>
No, you have to register before you can sue.  The distinction between
actual and statutory damages is that you only get actual damages if
the only violation was before you registered.

As for the rest of your post, I think we're pretty much at an impasse.  :)



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