Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:17:15 +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: <BANLkTinPdtMpjEYqw5Hf5wm0xVGK=camww@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201106181336.p5IDa5jk023941@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <BANLkTikFL7LniwWq6zQS=13gA6Bsp847bA@mail.gmail.com> <201106181336.p5IDa5jk023941@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> 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" <cpghost@cordula.ws> >> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> >> 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 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/
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