Q. re: copyrighting work before uploading to website 2004-04-14 - By Thomas Moffat Grimes
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Hi Kris,
It is true that copyright exists at the time of creation - as soon as the
idea is put into form in any medium. Proof is the issue if it came up in
court and you wanted to say someone had taken your idea. In the case of 3D
graphics, having the scene file for instance would constitute proof. They
may have the graphics, and you could say 'Ok where is the file to render
that image? I have mine here.'
And they of course wouldn't have it :) Not necessarily so easy with writing
etc.
But that is really what it is about, proof. Not about "making" the copyright
as you have that already, but about proving it in front of others. Whether
you want to file proof of ownership or not is up to you.
HTH!
Tom
Thomas Moffat Grimes
Marketing Communications
Caligari Corporation
mailto:thomas@(protected)
http://www.caligari.com
-- --Original Message-- --
From: Kris Krieger [mailto:pterochromics@(protected)]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:34 AM
To: truespace@(protected)
Subject: [TSML] Q. re: copyrighting work before uploading to website
Hi, All,
I hope that those who celebrate Easter or Passover had fulfilling ones.
Meanwhile, I am just wondering whether anyone copyrights (as in, officially
- registering with the US CopyRight office) their works before uploading
them to a website.
Eventually I'll get my site ready to upload and what I was thinking is that,
since everything (design, music, images,wtitings, etc., and so forth) is
byme, myself, and I, with the exception (noted) of maybe a logo or two and
some JavaScript snippets, it might behoove me to load the entire thing onto
an extra CD and send the whole kit'n'kaboodle for registration as
"collected Works Volume One" or some such thgingr. Not that this prevents
people ripping off your stuff, but merely to have a leg to stand on "just in
case".
Anyway, I was just curious whether anyone else is doing anything similar, or
am I just particularly cynical...
Unfortunately, nothing new loaded yet, working slowly on a couple things but
this racka-fracka eye is holding me back from doing much of anything at all
(gotta have some immune testing done =:-p ). Hopefully soem new stuff can
go up soon! But I *am* curious about thuis registered copyright thing. I
know that "technically" something is "automatically" copyrighted if it's
original, but if push comes to shove, one doesn't get too far withour some
sort fo proof. Not fo course that my stuff is so fabulous, but, on the off
chance that a few bucks can be made, only fair if I make 'em <g>!
TIA,
- Kris K.
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