On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:55:40 +0100, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> > Sorry, but that's the way the copyright law reads in the US 
> > and Europe.
> > 
> > If you don't have a proper notice then (in the US at least) 
> > one can only
> > recover direct damages; with the proper notice one can sue for more.
> 
> At least in my country (Netherlands) the (c) marker or another notice
> has no legal effect at all. The act of publication is what creates the
> copyright, nothing else is needed.

In the UK too.  The Copyright notice does make sure that people know it's yours, but it makes no difference to 
the existance of the copyright.  And there's certainly no difference in the damages you can claim (they amount 
to the loss you have suffered, and no more, the same as any other damages claim).

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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