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Originally Posted by F-U-Jimmy
If you ever go to court because someone stole your idea, design etc, its always a good idea to be able to show dated "Prior Art".
What i do is make two copies of all my work/ideas, i sometimes shoot a few pictures showing the pages or artwork alongside a copy of that days newspaper I then seal these in two envelopes one goes into my safety deposit bank box the other is given to my attorney.
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That's called a "poor mans copyright" and it's worthless in court.
http://www.copyrightauthority.com/poor-mans-copyright/
Copyright registration cane be done online now for $35. Simply save a copy of your work to disk, fill out the required forms at
http://www.copyright.gov/eco/ and pay the $35.
If you go to court and win, you get extra money because you filed the copyright
