Re: Patent fun

[Mordy Ovits <movits () bloomberg com>]

On Friday 02 July 2004 11:52 am, Lee Brotherston wrote:
> I seem to remember a while back that some unsigned bands did something
> similar to protect themselves from their music being duplicated by
> someone else, and thus loosing out on royalty profits...
>
> Making a copy of their music to tape or cd, and then mailing recorded
> delivery (sorry that's a UK term, not sure of the appropriate
> internationalism) to themselves, thus having a sealed container which
> was "timestamped".  This could then be kept in a safe place until such
> time as the material was called into dispute, at which time a
> solicitor could open it, and it could then be used as evidence.

After the Berne Convention removed the need to register a work for it to be 
copyrighted, all that was needed was proof of authorship.  Certified mail 
became the typical way to show authorship at a particular date.

Mordy
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Mordy Ovits
Network Security
Bloomberg L.P.

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