archiving on inet

[Mike Godwin]

> 
 
> 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