Link: Privacy and Security Law Blog: Appeals Court Unsettles $18 Million Agreement Between Freelancers and Publishers. Wow, if there ever was a "smoking gun" regarding why copyrights should be registered this just might be it. Eighteen million in damages just vanished because of no registration. As a practical matter, it might have been cost prohibitive for freelancers to register every piece they sold, but there you have it.
It may not seem fair, or just, but it is the law.
