Comments on: Microsoft sued by rock band

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:43:44 +0000

4 letters hun…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:30:13 +0000

Error on legal point. Music is copyrighted when it satisfies three requirements: It is Original, recorded in a Tangible Medium, and Published in supply sufficient to satisfy reasonable demand. REGISTRATION of the Copyright is not required for the Copyright to be established. However, to sue for infringement required registration. Further, the Copyright Office takes a long time to issue a record of Registration, even though it is effective when they receive it. The anthrax thing really backlogged them, and I’m not kidding. To read more on this topic, visit the official Copyright.gov website, or http://www.copyrightsrus.com, where I found this information.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:57:43 +0000

> Although McLaughlin is accusing Microsoft of using the songs in
> Amped, released November 19, 2001, without a proper licensing
> agreement, “he didnât copyright his music until this past June”.

Wait a minute! I thought people were automatically granted copyrights unless they explicitly waved them. Do they mean that the copyright was not *registered* until this past june?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:01:00 +0000

What a joke. I get reports of successful infringement cases against Microsoft almost every day, many in the tens or hundreds of millions of US dollars in dammage.

“The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Microsoft’s appeal in a lawsuit that has resulted in a preliminary jury verdict of more than $500 million for alleged patent infringement in Internet Explorer.”
http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-5923978.html