[BNM] : - Legal/copyright question

[Max Williams]

That's good to know Keith, i may get in touch at some point.

BTW, aren't cd-r's notoriously unstable as long term storage media?  five
years was the figure i heard... dvd-r's are supposed to be better i think.
Paper for the win. :)

thanks
max

2009/7/24 Keith Hall <keithh at feist-hedgethorne.co.uk>

> I'm an accountant who works with a lot of clients in creative
> industries.
>
> Clients of mine have sent "stuff" to me on cd/dvd/paper by recorded
> delivery and I keep it in my fire proof safe.
>
> In the event of any arguments about copyright, we can break out the
> envelope!
>
> I reckon this is safer than email
>
>
>
>
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
>
> 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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