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Semikolon 
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 11:36am |
yo.. if i want copyright on something i have made, is it just to say that i have copyright on it or do i have to so something else?
if the last: who do i have to talk with?
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Bluefrog
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 11:43am |
Anything you do is automatically copyrighted the moment you do it. However, in order to prove it in a court, you may want to send it to yourself by registered mail and not open the mail when you receive it.
Patents and registered trademarks are different.
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 11:44am |
why prove it with a mail?
isnt it good enough to write it on the site and have a copy myself?
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 11:47am |
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Nope. That won't hold up in a court. You need to be able to prove the date. Registered mail provides you with a legal verification of the date. It is also a cheaper way than going to a lawyer's office and paying them a whack-load of money to perform some unnecessary legal hocus-pocus.
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 11:56am |
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ok.. i didnt really understand this sh*t, but who cares.. i dont gonna go to court if someone copies my sh*t either..
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 12:03pm |
Completely agreed... There are other much better and less ethical ways to deal with people who steal your content 
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 12:04pm |
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There is a cheap alternate way to copyright something, which is ok in court, if you send the material by registered post to yourself, and dont open it, then if ownership comes up you can open it in court and win
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Posted: 01 January 2004 at 12:12pm |
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Thats what bluefrog said...
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