Is anyone aware that “publication date” on copyright registrations at the USA are generally false, either because publishers have figured how to beat the system or because publishers themselves don’t’ know the publication date?

Part of the problem is that after music publishers get songs from their songwriter victims, they actually never publish most of their works, but then use a recording/record selling date as a publication date even thought the copyright laws specifically says that recording does not count as publication. Publication is sheet music and 99 percent of songs are never published, something publishers rather not admit.

The point is that with dubious publication dates, the calclator, a good tool otherwise, will give dubious answers.

And what does the Copyright Office do about the publication date farse? Absolutely nothing. It’s part of the deal. Its some of the dirt in the (cpyright) pond. For the bacon. See below.

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A bunch of pigs didn’t like the water in the pond. It was too clean, tasteless. The pigs got together and got the pond owners to make the water dirty, in exchange for some bacon. The problem now is that the water is too dirty for all but the pigs, who love the pond the way it is. Also, the pond owners ate all the bacon and are always asking for more from the pigs. The pigs, that don’t even care if the water is fit for humans who own the pond are happy to comply.

“File sharing is obviously not illegal”
Maybe, but there in lis not the problem.

“Unrealistic and unreasonable” / “No they are secret.”
That is the problem.

What a bunch of needless molarcky. Is there simple lists one can refer to? No they are secret. So how can it be expected that anyone could know or follow “correct” procedure? Unrealistic and unreasonable.