an Anonymous Coward wrote: >For a copyright to be enforceable, courts (at >least in the US) have determined that >the copyright holder must exercise diligence >in protecting and enforcing the copyright...
Not so. That applies only to trademark law, and diligence in enforcing a trademark in court or in cease-and-desist letters is only one factor in determining if a trademark has lapsed.
The Harry Fox Agency only had lyrics.ch shut down for the same reason a dog licks his balls: because it can.
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an Anonymous Coward wrote:
>For a copyright to be enforceable, courts (at >least in the US) have determined that
>the copyright holder must exercise diligence
>in protecting and enforcing the copyright...
Not so. That applies only to trademark law, and
diligence in enforcing a trademark in court or
in cease-and-desist letters is only one factor
in determining if a trademark has lapsed.
The Harry Fox Agency only had lyrics.ch shut down
for the same reason a dog licks his balls: because
it can.
Aaron