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Fluffeh writes:
A recent article by The Intercept showed how US and UK intelligence agencies have been impersonating the servers of companies like Facebook. In November, Der Spiegel noted that agencies created "bogus versions" of sites like Slashdot and LinkedIn to plant malware in targets' machines.
Copyright claims brought against the government must be filed in the US Court of Federal Claims, and the subject matter in question must have previously been registered with the Copyright Office-something companies don't typically do for their Web interfaces.
In contrast, under the Lanham Act, the government is expressly liable. The law clearly states, "As used in this paragraph, the term 'any person' includes the United States, all agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and all individuals, firms, corporations, or other persons acting for the United States and with the authorization and consent of the United States."
(Score: 5, Informative) by randmcnatt on Wednesday March 26 2014, @10:26AM
Copyright is automatic throughout the world thses days. In the US you have to register the copyright to bring a suit, but you have five years from the date of the infraction to register the work and bring suit. And, at least in the US, you can bring suit anytime during the copyright period; but if you hit the 5 year deadline you get to ask for statutory damages (I think it's currently $US 500,000 (£ 303000) per infraction).
Its gets rather complicated, but in the US, for an individual, the copyright period usually extends 70 years past your death. For a corporation the period is 90 to 120 years, depending on a lot of factors. You can take it to court anytime during that period (and everybody expects Congress to extend it again when Micky Mouse hits 120).
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