Re: Copyright assignment policy

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Luis Villa <luis tieguy org> wrote:
>  >  IANALTTL (I am not a lawyer, talk to Luis), but my understanding
>  >  is that copyright assignment requires signing a piece of paper to
>  >  be valid.  I don't think private email exchanges cut it, legally.
>
>  See http://onlinepublishinglaw.com/may-a-copyright-be-transferred-electronically/
>  for an alternative (and I think correct, but IANAL) perspective on the
>  issue.

Note also that '*may* a copyright be transferred electronically' is a
much simpler question to answer than '*should* a copyright be
transferred electronically.'

Luis