Comments on: How Will Courts Handle A “Poor Man’s Copyright”? https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm Sat, 29 Oct 2016 14:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pamela Chestek https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm#comment-1692 Sat, 29 Oct 2016 14:08:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16591#comment-1692 The poor man’s copyright is proof in an affirmative defense of independent creation if the date stamp is before the plaintiff’s creation date. Agree that’s a fairly uncommon timeline, but it happens sometimes.

]]> By: Elizabeth Townsend Gard https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm#comment-1691 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:56:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16591#comment-1691 In reply to Eric Goldman.

It’s so part of the culture in LA. So odd.

]]> By: Eric Goldman https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm#comment-1690 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:54:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16591#comment-1690 In reply to Elizabeth Townsend Gard.

I did a couple of quick searches in Westlaw and didn’t find much about it

]]> By: Elizabeth Townsend Gard https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm#comment-1689 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:46:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16591#comment-1689 In reply to Eric Goldman.

How about the Writer’s Guild registry? https://www.wgawregistry.org/registration.asp

Anything related in cases related to that? I always thought it was weird that people would register their screenplays with the WGA and not the Copyright Office.

]]> By: Eric Goldman https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm#comment-1688 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:28:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16591#comment-1688 In reply to David S. Gingras.

I hadn’t seen the Slate article but it’s on point and well done. My main contribution was to actually do the keyword searches to find the sparse case references.

]]> By: David S. Gingras https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/10/how-will-courts-handle-a-poor-mans-copyright.htm#comment-1687 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 20:59:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16591#comment-1687 You should start a page devoted to top legal myths/misconceptions. This page will eventually be vast, but useful.

The old’s “Poor Man’s Copyright” surely merits inclusion. See also: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/history_of_innovation/2014/05/poor_man_s_copyright_mailing_something_to_yourself_doesn_t_work.html

What else for the list?

Sounds crazy, but a lot of people still think this is a valid rule: “I found that image on Google, so that means it’s in the public domain….” (don’t ask me how I know)

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