Hi Peter,
Interesting. I didn't find this method on the Web; it was given to me be an attorney friend, when I asked him about copyrights.
Regards,
-BW
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Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions™
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bruce@...At 12:58 AM 4/15/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Bruce Wahler schreef:
>>
>> It costs nothing to copyright a document or musical piece. All you have to do is a) note that it is copyrighted somewhere on the document; and b) be able to prove that you actually copyrighted the item on a certain date. The easiest way to accomplish b) is to print a copy of the document/music with the words "Copyright (C) 2003 by John E. Doe. All rights reserved." Then seal this up in an envelope, put a stamp on it, and mail it to yourself. DO NOT open the envelope when you get it back from the post office; file it away in a safe or safe deposit box. It will have a postmark and cancelled stamp on it, which is accepted in court as proof of date, should legal action be required at some point.
>
>Ah, the ever so popular Sealed Envelope Mailed To Yourself myth. This
>crops up every now and again on music related mailing lists. I usually
>write a small treatise listing the reasons why relying on this method is
>very unwise, but suffice to say that, legally speaking, this method has
>more holes in it than the average Iraqi armoured vehicle.
>
>The ∗only∗ reliable way of proving that you wrote a particular piece of
>music on a certain date is to deposit it at a notary.
>
>- Peter
>
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