Comments on: Immonen reports rip off http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/immonen-reports-rip-off/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:44:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/immonen-reports-rip-off/#comment-1360615 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:00:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/immonen-reports-rip-off/#comment-1360615 BAD! Someone also needs to inform Rich Johnson on CBR about this! grrr....ripoff people suck! BAD! Someone also needs to inform Rich Johnson on CBR about this! grrr….ripoff people suck!

]]> by: Christine Valada http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/immonen-reports-rip-off/#comment-1352093 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:07:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/immonen-reports-rip-off/#comment-1352093 Well I'll make a comment, Heidi. This is why everyone should register their websites with the Copyright Office, especially if there is valuable material on it which can be repurposed. Now the site owner will have to make a registration before proceeding to suit, but there is nothing to stop a cease and desist letter being sent immediately. There is definitely a reason to move forward against someone who does things like this. Registration is cheap insurance against this kind of a rip off. Check www.copyright.gov for forms and instructions. I think a website can be registered electronically. At the very least, place a copyright notice on your first page to the effect of "All contents copyrighted by me, execpt as otherwise noted. No reproduction, electronic or otherwise, permitted without written license from me." Well I’ll make a comment, Heidi. This is why everyone should register their websites with the Copyright Office, especially if there is valuable material on it which can be repurposed. Now the site owner will have to make a registration before proceeding to suit, but there is nothing to stop a cease and desist letter being sent immediately. There is definitely a reason to move forward against someone who does things like this.

Registration is cheap insurance against this kind of a rip off. Check www.copyright.gov for forms and instructions. I think a website can be registered electronically.

At the very least, place a copyright notice on your first page to the effect of “All contents copyrighted by me, execpt as otherwise noted. No reproduction, electronic or otherwise, permitted without written license from me.”

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