Copyright

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Only the courts can give relief in a case of stolen intellectual
property.  In the US, the most important point to make in court
is that you prove that you had the idea and documented it first.
Here, the proof is simple.  As soon as you have it on paper, you
mail it to yourself and don't open the envelope.  The courts
regard the US Post Office date stamp as the final word.  I think
that if any of us feel that we have an idea that some unscrupulous
person might steal, we should at least do the self mail.  I would
imagine that this is more common in the world than just the US.

However, this is never going to stop someone from copying and
profiting from the work of others.  If we share, we risk this.
And I know none of us want to have to go to court to prove that
what is ours is really ours, but utopia this is not.

It would truly be a shame if people like Juergen stopped sharing
his wonderful knowledge and insight with us and I hope that it
doesn't come to that, but I could not blame him if he or anyone
else here did that.

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