G'day Matt,
On 5/15/06, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Is it illegal to claim you have copyright control over something you do not? I'm sure there are plently of laws against claiming you *wrote* something you didn't, but if you properly attribute the authors but tack on a false claim of copyright, I don't see how that can be illegal.
I'm not sure what you're meaning here - are you talking about falsely claiming that you own the copyright on the material, but attributing the authorship correctly?
If it's illegal to claim copyright over something to which you have no right, then I know a lot of museums, galleries and libraries that will soon find themselves in very hot water indeed.
Perhaps Anthony meant *knowingly false* claims (i.e. claims made in bad faith)?