Re: Copyright Registration - US vs. Canada

Subject: Re: Re: Copyright Registration - US vs. Canada

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: : Hi, could someone help me make sense of something: : : In the US, you register a copyright by sending $20 and a copy of your work to the copyright office. : : In Canada, you send a form with the title of your work, and $65 to the government copyright office and, and you get a copyright certificate. The copyright office does not accept copies of your work. : : How is the Canadian copyright useful at all? It says nothing about the content of your work at a certain time. All it says is that I had an intention to create a work with a certain title at a given time; that work may not even exist yet. How is that a copyright and how would it be enforced in court? : : Should a Canadian submit copyright applications to the US registar? : : Should a Canadian supplement their Canadian copyright with the services of a Notary Public? Isn't a US copyright submission still better than this option? : : Please help!!! This doesn't make sense! : : Thanks in advance. : Dear Gordon, : Copyrights are national country by country. There are about 125 countries in the Universal Copyright Convention. One registration provides a right to register in all the countries with priority. : Just registering is usually a waste of time and money unless the work is published. Then there are other considerations. : If the work is published ans used in Canada then it should be registered there under UCC priority. : The US Official fee is now $30. What you do should depend on what you want to acheive, what you already have and whether or not the investment of even a penny is worthwhile. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 3008 Johnson Ave., New York, NY 10463 : 7185430266, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop® : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™ : Reality Check®

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