My husband is a writer, he writes poems, greetings, & even raps and he was once told about "A poor man's copy rights" The question I pose here is, What exactly does he have to do, what process does he have to do to actually get "A poor man's copy rights"?
Please only serious responses.
Are there any sites that we can go to, to get such imformation?
Thank You, in advance to those who answers our question. ( =
What constute under the law as a "A poor man's copy right"?
2006-06-21 12:48:23 · 5 answers · asked by Lil Angel 68 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Brandi and "me" are correct. (That just sound's odd...)
Anyway, the value of this self-mailed copy is that it preserves a written record, with government time-stamp as of when you had a copy of the work in question.
The biggest difference between this type of copyright and formal registration is the damages. A violation of a registered copyright under the Copyright Act gets you statutory damages. Otherwise, you need to prove that you actually lost money because of the infringement.
Fro simple text-based words, the copyright fees for formal registration are only $30. And it's just a 1-2 page form. So, your husband may want to think about looking into actually registering the works with the Copyright office.
2006-06-21 13:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A 'Poor mans copy right' is when you enclose a copy of the song poem or what ever in a envelope then mail it to your self. When it arrives do not open it, save it then when the time comes to prove that you had the ideal first take that unopened postmarked envelope with you. The dated post mark proves when you came up with the idea.
2006-06-21 12:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding of such copyright is this. When he finishes writing something, he should make a copy and mail it to himself. It is not actually a copyright, but it would hold up in court so long as it was not opened since it would have been postmarked and the document would be sealed inside.
2006-06-21 12:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by Brandi A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
right here the place I stay at some people do no longer even locate the money for to have dinner... and if that they had spaghetti they could evaluate that a cope with. The menu for the folk i'm conversing approximately: warm tortillas with some salt & perchance, sure perchance, a cup of espresso (in case you could call that espresso). If i replace into you, i could truly be happy to savor spaghetti for dinner! The adverse guy/gal that informed you that doesn't have the slightest theory of what adverse truly potential!
2016-10-31 06:32:56 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't no of this poor man copy right .don't even think there is any such thing
2006-06-21 12:52:00 · answer #5 · answered by idontkno 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋