Re: [News] SFLC Responds to Copyright Misconceptions, Presents Moglen Talk

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/10/2010 3:53 PM, RJack wrote:
> "37 CFR § 202.3 Registration of copyright.
> (3) For the purposes of this section, a copyright claimant is either:
> (i) The author of a work;
> (ii) A person or organization that has obtained ownership of all rights
> under the copyright initially belonging to the author."
>
> 1) Is Erik Anderson "the author" of release tarball BusyBox,
> v.0.60.3.tar.bz2?

Yes: <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gaiman_v._McFarlane>
    McFarlane’s registrations no more revealed an intent
    to claim copyright in Gaiman’s contributions, as
    distinct from McFarlane’s own contributions as compiler
    and illustrator, than the copyright notices did. The
    significance of registration is that it is a prerequisite
    to a suit to enforce a copyright.

> 3) Is Erik Anderson "a person" that has obtained ownership of all rights
> in release BusyBox, v.0.60.3.tar.bz2?

No.