[BNM] - Legal/copyright question

[Max Williams]

Thanks Jon!

2009/7/23 Jon Webb <jon.webb at digitaltonic.co.uk>

> Hi Max,
>
> Might be worth looking at http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ - protection at a
> cost, depending on what you're trying to do.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jon
>
> 2009/7/23 Max Williams <toastkid.williams at gmail.com>:
> > hi ian - thanks - replies inline
> >
> > 2009/7/23 Ian Betteridge <ianbetteridge at me.com>
> >
> >> It depends really on what kind of thing it is :)
> >>
> >> There's no copyright on ideas, so it has to be a tangible thing - a
> design,
> >> some code, some words, an image, or something like that. Some kinds of
> >> ideas
> >> can be patented, but that's a whole different kettle of fish (and can be
> a
> >> massive pain in the backside).
> >
> >
> >  yeah, it would be a design or an image.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> The classic kind of proof that you were the originator of something
> would
> >> be
> >> to print it out and send it to someone registered, dated post - keep the
> >> envelope sealed, of course.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.  Whereas in the letter example you could theoretically open the
> > letter, change the contents, and close it again without leaving any
> > evidence. Convincing a court of that might be a different story though.
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On 23/7/09 14:04, "Max Williams" <toastkid.williams at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Legal question:  If i'd created 'a digital thing' and wanted to
> protect
> >> > myself against someone else claiming it as their idea, would it be
> >> > sufficient for me to send that thing to myself via gmail?  So that, if
> it
> >> > came to it, later on i could point to the email? (and if required
> claim
> >> that
> >> > google could verify it by checking their own mail records?)
> >>
> >>
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