From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 18 13:28:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746F0106566B for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:28:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3826F8FC12 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so3583121vws.13 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:28:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.215.193 with SMTP id hf1mr1351205vcb.4.1308403704883; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:28:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.80.144 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:28:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.183.59] In-Reply-To: <201106172202.p5HM29Gr017973@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <20110617170347.GB55156@scout.stangl.us> <201106172202.p5HM29Gr017973@mail.r-bonomi.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:28:24 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Robert Bonomi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:28:27 -0000 On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > I'ts _MUCH_ simpler, to just sign and date a copy of the work, and have a > notary public 'witness' the signature. True. Without the service of a public registry of copyrighted works that (I think) only the US offers, and when you need a legally binding "official stamp" of some sort, you can go to a registered public notary. They're mildly expensive though; certainly a lot more expensive than the US Copyright Office fees. But if your work doesn't consist of too many pages, you can also get a dated and signed stamp on each one at your local city hall / administration. They call that kind of service a "certified copy" or "copy certification." Bear in mind though, that each page of your work has to be stamped, and the fee paid for extra. For small page counts, that's okay, but try this with a 1,000 pages work, and you'll quickly find out that it's less expensive to use a public notary, even though they charge more. Actually, it's a shame that other countries DON'T offer the ease of official copyright registration (for a comparatively low fee) like the US does with the Copyright Office. That's one of the things the US did right (irrespective of what we think of the benefits and evils of Copyright law in general and their endless extensions towards perpetual copyright in particular). -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/