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>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.

This is however no real evidence that the music/text in the envelope is
yours, just that you had access to it at a certain date (which probably will
be enough, unless someone else have heard your track in progress and stolen
parts of it before your track was finnished.)

/Patrik

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