You're very welcome!
I don't know how a "whole work" is determined in the US - and I'm
kinda fuzzy on it elsewhere, too, without researching it. It may not be settled
law at all.
But, since registration is not at all necessary for copyright, then a lack of
registration, or not making it clear that something has or has not been
registered, can't have any role in limiting the scope of copyright on a work no
matter what kind of work it is. It may, however, affect damages, etc..
I think you're still stuck on registration having some kind of impact on the
extent of copyright and, as I understand it, it doesn't work that way. In the
US fixation is the key - registration happens afterwards and so can't affect the
scope of what was fixed.
Re: fixed vs. fixated - I was going to mention it, but then I looked up fixate
and found that it does indeed have a meaning that is synonymous with fix. So
you weren't exactly wrong to use it, but your use was a bit obscure. ;)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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