"there is nothing preventing you from registering your copyright well after you first published the material"
Your point is exactly what people in power want. IT IS CODIFIED IN LAW that unless you go through a kafkaesque process, your work can be reused and you get no compensation for it.
That is precisely the OPPOSITE of "just" and the law was written by capitalists for capitalists.
Just look at the original precedent case:
https://casetext.com/case/vacheron-constantin-le-coultre-wat...
"two successive applications for a certificate of registration were refused by the Register of Copyrights upon the ground that the subject matter was not a work of art within the requirements of the Act"
Perfect - so we set up a kafkaesque process that is opaque and up to a handful of unelected elite to make rulings on art (oh please) and if you don't do this then it's Legal and therefore right.
So why are you angry at the judge and not Congress?
(Also, fwiw, your copyright registration being denied is sufficient to bring action. You just now have to plead why you have copyright despite the US Copyright Office disagreeing.)
"there is nothing preventing you from registering your copyright well after you first published the material"
Your point is exactly what people in power want. IT IS CODIFIED IN LAW that unless you go through a kafkaesque process, your work can be reused and you get no compensation for it.
That is precisely the OPPOSITE of "just" and the law was written by capitalists for capitalists.
Just look at the original precedent case: https://casetext.com/case/vacheron-constantin-le-coultre-wat... "two successive applications for a certificate of registration were refused by the Register of Copyrights upon the ground that the subject matter was not a work of art within the requirements of the Act"
Perfect - so we set up a kafkaesque process that is opaque and up to a handful of unelected elite to make rulings on art (oh please) and if you don't do this then it's Legal and therefore right.
Diogenes remains dissapointed