When a story is begun, Fibb is protected by federal copyright. D. State law affords Fibb no legal rights in his stories. A. Photographs of Clay's plates and mugs would infringe her copyrights. B. Those who commission works by her presumptively hold the copyrights. Clay's unique works need not be separately registered.
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Fred forwarded Mary's Goober-L email message to Nerda who is not on the list. B. Fred's liability is unlikely to differ if Mary had sent her email only to him. D. Fred's liability is unlikely to differ if Mary had said that the firm he owns makes really good peanut butter. It is widely held that a copier's motivation is irrelevant. Whizzo might infringe even if no one at FPLC were liable.