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Wall-Street.com is a domain registered at Epik.com The owner is a long-time Epik client named Jerry Burden. I would characterize Jerry as a savvy street fighter. In March 2019, he won a landmark court case that was decided by the Supreme Court in his favor.
In short, if someone comes to you with a copyright claim and they do not actually have an issued copyright, the court will not hear the case. In short, Court ruled that a copyright infringement suit must wait until the copyright is successfully registered by the United States Copyright Office.
In other words, if someone comes to you alleging copyright infringement, a common law reference means nothing. The court must require the complainant to demonstrate an issued US copyright registration. Without that, the complainant has no case.
The summary is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate_Public_Benefit_Corp._v._Wall-Street.com
The full petition is here:
https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/17-571-petition.pdf
In short, if someone comes to you with a copyright claim and they do not actually have an issued copyright, the court will not hear the case. In short, Court ruled that a copyright infringement suit must wait until the copyright is successfully registered by the United States Copyright Office.
In other words, if someone comes to you alleging copyright infringement, a common law reference means nothing. The court must require the complainant to demonstrate an issued US copyright registration. Without that, the complainant has no case.
The summary is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate_Public_Benefit_Corp._v._Wall-Street.com
The full petition is here:
https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/17-571-petition.pdf