[gtk-list] Re: GNUing question

[tom mystery antar com (tom)]

   Alan Shutko wrote:

 AS> If you register through the copyright office, however, you have a
 AS> greater ability to sue for damages.  I'm fuzzy on the exact details,
 AS> but I know that you can sure without registering your copyright, but
 AS> that you're limited in what you can collect or some such.
you cannot sue for intentional copyright violation, because you cannot prove
that the other party could have known of your copyright. if you registered it,
they could have known and not doing so is their neglect, not yours.