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FALSE CLAIM: You have to Actually Register your Copyright for it to be legal.

So yesterday Kalinex made the statement that you can’t hold “copyright” on something unless you register it. Link to the A3 Discord conversation: Not to pick on Kalinex, This is completely untrue and its something that quite a few people still believe. This can be proven out by a quick google search: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#:~:text=No.,infringement%20of%20a%20U.S.%20work . But having said that I get where the confusion comes from.   In the US legal system Copyright (Please note the term) legislation and court cases are linked to financial loses.   This is not the case world wide but we’ll stay in the US for the moment.   There is a "Financial impact/loss" threshold before a case may be considered for Copyright cases to be heard.  And it varies State to state from what I’ve read.   In some cases its $200 in others $2500.   US Federal and State Law varies so much I simply do not have the time to sit and research each variation.   If you

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