Copyright

[patchell]

DCMagnuson at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/2/99 10:27:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> chordman at flash.net writes:
>
> If you could provide an actual legal case to support this claim, that would
> be great.  Personally, I'd *rather* just mail myself a copy of my CDs than go
> through the process of sending in a copyright form.
>
> I'm not trying to badmouth the original poster, I just don't want anyone to
> lose a court case by trying a faulty defense.   Perhaps intellectual property
> is treated differnent than music when copyrights are concerned, so I could be
> wrong.
>
> Dave Magnuson
> Independent Music Site
> http://www.indiemusicsite.com

    The whole idea behind the "mail it to yourself" thing as it was explained to
me once is mostly to establish "when" you had the idea.  Who was first sometimes
counts a lot.  If someone can prove they did it before you, you loose.  Also, it
was explained to me that you should put plenty of stamps on the envelope, and
over the flap, so that it will be evident that it was never tampered with.  I was
also told to make sure the the postmaster cancels all of the stamps.

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