08-13-2014, 01:41 PM
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It's 42
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Good luck suing on this outside of the USA or EU venues.
My lay opinion is that this is just Internet bullshit but who to sue and where get jurisdiction. There is no conveyance (transfer) of copyright license binding in a US Court or is some terms and electronic signature [ ] I Accept binding conveyance? Copyright lawyers invited to comment ;)
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USC Title 17
17 U.S. Code Chapter 2 - COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/chapter-2
§ 204 . Execution of transfers of copyright ownership
(a) A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner's duly authorized agent.
(b) A certificate of acknowledgment is not required for the validity of a transfer, but is prima facie evidence of the execution of the transfer if —
(1) in the case of a transfer executed in the United States, the certificate is issued by a person authorized to administer oaths within the United States; or
(2) in the case of a transfer executed in a foreign country, the certificate is issued by a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, or by a person authorized to administer oaths whose authority is proved by a certificate of such an officer.
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