From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 18 14:17:17 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 1855B106566B for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD45F8FC0A for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:17:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxc34 with SMTP id 34so3623616vxc.13 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:17:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.110.96 with SMTP id m32mr1299207vcp.109.1308406635685; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:17:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.80.144 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:17:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.183.59] In-Reply-To: <201106181336.p5IDa5jk023941@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201106181336.p5IDa5jk023941@mail.r-bonomi.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:17:15 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Robert Bonomi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 14:17:17 -0000 On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Robert Bonomi w= rote: > >> From cpghost@cordula.ws =A0Sat Jun 18 08:28:25 2011 >> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:28:24 +0200 >> Subject: Re: free sco unix >> From: "C. P. Ghost" >> To: Robert Bonomi >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> >> 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 hav= e a >> > notary public 'witness' the signature. >> >> True. >> >> Without the service of a public registry of copyrighted works that (I th= ink) >> 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 expe= nsive >> though; certainly a lot more expensive than the US Copyright Office fees= . > > 'Male bovine excrement' applies. > > U.S. Copyright Office registration is an absolute minimum of $25-30, and = can > run over $100. > > Typical fee, in the U.S., for a notary public witnessing a signature is $= 1. > And many facilities, such as banks, will perform the service for _NO_COST= _ > for their customers. Outside the US, it's quite different. A public notary's fees run in the hun= dreds of dollars, but it's usually a flat fee... while public copy certifications are around $1-$2 per page, unless when required by law and statues. Banks are private institutions there, and they are not entitled to legally certify non-banking stuff. In some countries, you could go to the post office though, but here too, th= e fee usually applies per page. The problem with per-page fees is when you have many pages (like a book, or say, a printout of your code) that you want to certify. Unless you go to= a notary and pay the according fee for them to KEEP (a copy of) the book in their office and/or certify EVERY page or be prepared to witness for each a= nd every page (!), all you get is the certification of a couple of pages, and = that could be insufficiant in some cases (e.g. in the case of program source cod= e). That's why IMHO, the fees of the US Copyright Office are STILL way lower than what you'd have to pay elsewhere to get a similar certification. -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/