Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:28:24 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix Message-ID: <BANLkTikFL7LniwWq6zQS=13gA6Bsp847bA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201106172202.p5HM29Gr017973@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <20110617170347.GB55156@scout.stangl.us> <201106172202.p5HM29Gr017973@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> 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/
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