Comments on: U.S. Copyright Registry Called a Scam

By: Watch Out For The Copyright Registry Scam

Watch Out For The Copyright Registry Scam — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:10:10 +0000

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By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:44:07 +0000

Jar: Hopefully the article was able to help then!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:44:07 +0000

Jar: Hopefully the article was able to help then!

By: Jar

Jar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:36:23 +0000

I heard about this company much.But I realy do not know what to say.

By: Jar

Jar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:36:23 +0000

I heard about this company much.But I realy do not know what to say.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:10:10 +0000

Matt: Good point, I must have had my eyes glaze over when I was reading that paragraph. Yet another good reason NOT to trust these guys to handle anything with your copyright.

For most people, if you can fill out a job application, you can fill out a Short Form TX, which is all most sites need…

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:10:10 +0000

Matt: Good point, I must have had my eyes glaze over when I was reading that paragraph. Yet another good reason NOT to trust these guys to handle anything with your copyright.

For most people, if you can fill out a job application, you can fill out a Short Form TX, which is all most sites need…

By: Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:10:23 +0000

Now that I’ve read the full email, I notice USCR repeatedly refers to the USPTO, not the US Copyright Office. For example…

“Protecting a website is the responsibility of the owner of the website and must be registered through the United States Patent and Trademark office.”

“Domain name and trademark registration does not register your website for copyright registration and it is the responsibility of the website owner to register with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to complete registration.”

“If you fail to reply to this notice this website will NOT be registered through UCR to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.”

As you and your readers likely well know, the USPTO has nothing whatsoever to do with copyright registration. So not only is USCR offering services most don’t need, they don’t appear to know exactly what they’re talking about.

By: Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:10:23 +0000

Now that I've read the full email, I notice USCR repeatedly refers to the USPTO, not the US Copyright Office. For example...

"Protecting a website is the responsibility of the owner of the website and must be registered through the United States Patent and Trademark office."

"Domain name and trademark registration does not register your website for copyright registration and it is the responsibility of the website owner to register with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to complete registration."

"If you fail to reply to this notice this website will NOT be registered through UCR to the United States Patent and Trademark Office."

As you and your readers likely well know, the USPTO has nothing whatsoever to do with copyright registration. So not only is USCR offering services most don't need, they don't appear to know exactly what they're talking about.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:10:55 +0000

Matt: Personally, from what I’ve read in the email, it’s linked in the first paragraph by the way, and in my conversation with them, there seems to be a significant push to mislead and take advantage of the fact that few people truly understand copyright.

In that regard, I think they operate very much like what you see with your trademark clients, they target people who have registered domains and email them these offers.

It just reiterates the need for Webmasters especially to understand at least the basics of their IP rights…