Maybe SCO had a point

Maybe SCO had a point

Posted Aug 22, 2003 7:57 UTC (Fri) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: Maybe SCO had a point by josh_stern
Parent article: Maybe SCO had a point

Excellent point. Now take a look at this as well (U.S. Copyright Office on copyright notices):

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html

Search for "error in name" on that page (instance #2) which reads:

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Error in Name

When the person named in the notice is not the owner of copyright, the error may be corrected by:

1. Registering the work in the name of the true owner;
or

2. Recording a document in the Copyright Office executed by the person named in the notice that shows the correct ownership. Otherwise, anyone who innocently infringes the copyright and can prove that he or she was misled by the notice and obtained a transfer or license from the person named in the notice may have a complete defense against the infringement.
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SCO should take it up with IBM, SGI and whoever else. Otherwise, your point is an excellent example of common sense and the above confirms that.

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