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beagle3 on Oct 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russian programmer fights Goldman Sachs and wins o...

Thanks. But wouldn't they still need to make a copy available e.g. In the court documents? That would definitely be an angle they would want to avoid

ubernostrum on Oct 23, 2013 [–]

No, they are not required to make a full copy available to the court in order to enforce copyright.

The US Copyright Office has a FAQ document which explains what registration does:

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html

A more detailed explanation is in this pamphlet:

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf

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