ID:185158
 Apr 14 2006, 2:38 pm
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I remembering hearing a while back that if you seal something in an envolpe and mail it to ur self but don't open it, that what ever is inside is copyrighted. I was wondering if this is true?
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Apr 14 2006, 2:40 pm
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Mecha Destroyer JD
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I'm pretty sure I remeber hearing that somewhere but as soon as you make something, its automatically copyrighted..
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Not quite. As soon as you make something and release it into a public domain, it is automatically copyrighted in the US.
If it wasn't released into the public domain, you have no proof you made it first. | |
" No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright." You don't have to release it, it just has advantages such as to prove you made it first as you said.
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It's automatically copyrighted, but you can't take legal action until you register the copyright, is what I heard.
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The point in the envope is to have legal proof of date on the document. Well, maybe not legal as in official, but the stamp in from mailing it will have a date and will be printed by a government owned machine, meaning that it is proof that you had said copywrited article before the person who is trying to claim it.
This is a good proof of date system, but it really is better for patent and trademark related issues. | |