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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mynamespat, post: 2833473, member: 83738&quot;]Ok, there are people who dedicate their entire lives to intellectual property and copyright law.&nbsp; I am not one of those people.&nbsp; However, I am pretty certain works of art do not need to be registered in order to be protected.&nbsp; (fwiw, if I&#039;m remembering my schoolings correctly, this was a fairly recent amendment created to help protect artists from people like Marshall) </p><p><br /></p><p>I looked it up to be certain:</p><p>&quot;No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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