17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Try to sue for damages when your work is available for free to millions of people. The judge will laugh in your face, copyright or no. Damages are, after all, related to lost revenue -- if you allow anyone who wants to see something for free in one medium, you will have a fucking hard time to keep them from examining it in another equivalent medium.
One can register the work and sue for statutory damages and attorneys' fees. No need to prove damages in such a case. If the Copyright Act is amended this year, it may be that one need not even register the work. --Mike