Semi-OT: Congress about to limit artists' copyright rights

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> So if I make something, then in order for me to release it under the
>> GPL/BSD, I will have to pay?
>
> No.  You have to register your copyright if you think you have the
> right to tell other people they can't make money off of it.  A
> database of every greedy artist/author's works will be large, and
> require upkeep which should be paid for by the people who benefit from
> said database.


So, after this law, what would be the correct way to protect my free
code from some big company making money on it?


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