[WikiEN-l] Are movie trailers "free enough" for Commons?

[Ray Saintonge]

WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> Are you sure of this?  It's my understanding that you have the same  legal 
> remedies.
>   
See 
[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_17/Chapter_4/Sections_411_and_412 
Sections 411 and 412], notably the latter

> In any action under this title, other than an action brought for a 
> violation of the rights of the author under section 106A(a) 
> <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_17/Chapter_1/Section_106A>, 
> an action for infringement of the copyright of a work that has been 
> preregistered under section 408(f) 
> <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_17/Chapter_4/Section_408> 
> before the commencement of the infringement and that has an effective 
> date of registration not later than the earlier of 3 months after the 
> first publication of the work or 1 month after the copyright owner has 
> learned of the infringement, or an action instituted under section 
> 411(b), no award of statutory damages or of attorney's fees, as 
> provided by sections 504 
> <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_US_Code/code:17USC504> 
> and 505 
> <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_US_Code/code:17USC505>, 
> shall be made for—
>
>     (1) any infringement of copyright in an unpublished work commenced
>     before the effective date of its registration; or
>     (2) any infringement of copyright commenced after first
>     publication of the work and before the effective date of its
>     registration, unless such registration is made within three months
>     after the first publication of the work.
>
Ec
>  
>  
> In a message dated 10/11/2008 2:38:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> saintonge at telus.net writes:
>
> but  without registration the available legal remedies are 
> more  limited.