[BNM] - Legal/copyright question

[Max Williams]

thanks ian, that's kind of answered my question, i don't want to give you an
excuse to avoid working :)

2009/7/23 Ian Betteridge <ianbetteridge at me.com>

> On 23/7/09 14:46, "Max Williams" <toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > that's what got me thinking - whether gmail was a more modern version of
> > this.  Is the above actually legal proof of anything, anyway?  I always
> > wondered if that was just a myth - it must be possible to fake.
>
> Yeah, it's possible to fake - heck, if you can fake a painting then a
> franked stamp and receipt is easy enough :) You can go further, though -
> things like depositing work with a solicitor or bank to be kept in their
> safe is harder to fake, for example.
>
> It's a bit tricky to say whether it would be worth it. Copyright cases
> where
> original authorship is disputed seem to be pretty rare except where work is
> collaborative. More often, copyright cases (at least in the commercial
> sector) hinge on whether rights were correctly assigned - for example,
> someone using work they believed they owned, but which in fact they'd sold
> to someone else. Depends on the potential value, I suspect.
>
> >>
> >>
> >> Email would do the trick too, but might be seen by a court as easier to
> >> fake, so could be weaker evidence that you'd created something (rather
> than
> >> someone else creating it).
> >
> > I'd argue it's less easy to fake, since google, who presumably would be
> > viewed as an impartial third party, could look up the mail in their
> > records.
>
> Yes, but that would depend on how detailed their records were, how long
> they
> kept them, etc. It's a long time since I did any hackery, but POP used to
> be
> pretty easy to spoof in various ways. I'd do some digging, but it sounds
> like too much fun and will distract me from the dull stuff that I have to
> do
> :)
>
>
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