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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:18:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin@dberlin.org>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: BK MetaData License Problem?
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On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, David S. Miller wrote:

>    From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
>    Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 14:04:42 +0200 (CEST)
>    
>    It's not a big problem today because if you ask me then i'll tell you that
>    it's GPL-ed - but what will be the situation be in years? Couldnt
>    'BitMover or any other operator of an Open Logging server' argue that the
>    MetaData is owned by whoever created them, and is not covered by the GPL -
>    and only 'BitMover or any other operator of an Open Logging server' has
>    'permission to republish the Metadata'.
>    
> Anything you write is automatically copyrighted by you, even if you
> don't specifically state it as such.
> 
> That is my basic understanding of copyright law.
Correct.

Registration, for the most part, only affects remedies.

There are, as one would expect, weird corner cases and whatnot (bad 
engineering :P).

But the short of it is that registration gives you the ability 
to get statutory damages and attorneys fees. Without registering, you can 
only get actual damages.
--Dan


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