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To my knowledge, that has never been tested in a courtroom so we have no way of knowing.


Of course it's been tried. The best summary I can find is this one at Justia.com.

How will courts handle a poor man's Copyright?

In each of these instances, the courts sidestepped the issue, finding additional reasons to deny the claim but one did address the self-interest issue directly.

Also note that some of the information in the opinions is no longer correct regarding filing and the need to do so. No doubt they were correct when the opinions were written but there were many changes to this between 2020–2022.

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That official.gov document (with penalties attached for the falsification thereof) is the final word


Exactly.


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