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Re:Google (Potentially) Blows the Door Off Oracle's Copyrigh... by Karunamon on Thursday April 26, 2012 @07:56PM (#3896744)
Wait, so correct me if I'm misunderstanding here, but these two things:

  >However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection.

  >Before an infringement suit may be filed in court, regis­tration is necessary for works of U.S. origin.
..seem mutually exclusive. If you have copyright protection without registering, but can't sue without registering, what's the point of the pre-registration protection?
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Re:Google (Potentially) Blows the Door Off Oracle's Copyrigh... by Drbble on Thursday April 26, 2012 @11:25PM (#3897359)
You can register after infringement but before suing. It is sort of like saying murder is illegal, but a suspect has to be arrested before he can be tried.
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