Re: Copyright of data

Ralph,

In a message dated 98-01-22 00:03:59 EST, you write:

> DAsmussen <DAsmussen@aol.com> wrote:
>  >I don't know about Internationally, but in the US you used to be
>  >able to mail a copy of the source code or manuscript in question to
yourself
>  >in a sealed envelope.  Opened in court with the seal and postmark intact,
it
>  >was generally considered "compelling evidence" of copyright.  Don't know
if
>  >this still holds, as US litigators (if possible) have become even more
>  >"sneaky" in recent years...
>  
>  I have read that this is a myth.  What prevents you from sending an
unsealed
>  envelope to yourself and later sealing in the source code?
>  
>  Perhaps it might work if you send it to yourself registered mail.  Thats
>  where the post office stamps a seal on every seam of the envelope or
package
>  and makes every person who handles it sign for it.

True, I forgot the "registered" part.  Actually, it should be "certified", if
still valid at all.  Of course, if you have the money to have the glue
analyzed for age ;-)...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Be true to your teeth, or your teeth will be false to you." -- Dental Proverb
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