Posted by Stacey, staceyt102@aol.com, on 1/24/04

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Hi - I am being sued by a music producer who worked for me
3 years ago. He recently filed for copyright for just 9
of the 10 songs he says he authored (clearly just an
oversight) - then the same day filed a lawsuit in the 11th
Dist Court of FL alleging copyright infringement. In the
complaint, he mentions the evidence of his "certificate of
registration", which he references as the SR Form he filed
that same day. I may not be a lawyer...but it seems to be
common sense that this is a misstatement, as a filing w/
the copyright office is a far cry from an actual
certificate of registration. Those things can take 2 or 3
years to receive.

Regardless of whether his initial claim has validity,
wasn't the court in error to have let him file with no
actual registration - particuarly in light of the fact
that his lawsuit points to this nonexistent registration
as the basis for filing?

Re: Can you sue with no copyright registration - just a fili, 2/12/04, by anonymous.

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