See http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html
Sadly, not matter what you, do some guys in Beijing just might rip you off
and you won't get a yen.
On Dec 16, 2007 8:31 AM, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> also, the collection will be published through lulu & distributed
> through the internet, so I'm not sure which country's copyright laws
> come into play?
>
> KS
>
> On 16/12/2007, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Kasper wrote: "what do you think, how important is a
> > purchased copyright? absolutely necessary? optional?
> > not worth the trouble?"
> >
> > K:
> >
> > In the US, copyright exists as soon as a piece of work
> > is in tangible form, i.e., written down in the case of
> > poetry. Copyright may then be registered (usually by
> > publishers on authors' behalf, but sometimes by
> > authors themselves), but registration isn't necessary
> > for copyright to be legal. In your case, and depending
> > on the laws in Finland, simply affixing a copyright
> > notice to the book would probably be enough to assert
> > your rights and ensure their legal protection.
> >
> > For another view of the Web publishing biz, see
> > "Crossover Dreams: Turning Free Web Work Into Real
> > Book Sales"
> >
> > <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/books/13webbook.html?8bu&emc=bu>
> >
> > Candice
> >
> >
> >
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