what are the european copyrights on an idea? i had an idea, that i put to paper, however, haven't been able to take the idea to reality as looking for someone to fill a roll. since then one of the people i spoke to about it, has taken the idea, and started to make it a reality on his own... what are my rights under EU law?
2006-12-18 21:38:56 · 8 answers · asked by sofiarose 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
but i have image and text date stamped on my pc, surely that counts? what this guy is doing is exactly as i 'imaged' it, he doesn't have the imagination even to make it look different.
2006-12-18 21:51:23 · update #1
Oh, just STFU! You are a lousy, miserable pacifist sissy. No one CARES about your "rights" because obviously you don't care about other peoples rights.
Remember how you said this:
> you are right... anyone committed to peace, neither holds a gun or sells them to others. gandhi was a perfect example of that. <
Well, human beings have a RIGHT to self-defense, and that includes guns. Just because you're stupid azz disagrees doesnt change things. Go home and cry to Mommy, you little biotch!
2006-12-22 21:29:50 · answer #1 · answered by robertbdiver 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Difficult to assess. The following comes from UK law but will hopfully give you and idea of application elsewhere:
Copyright applies to images and text, not ideas and concepts. You need other protection in the form of a patent or non-disclosure agreement to protect an idea. Since NDAs are difficult to enforce, a patent might be the way forward. I'd recommend talking to an Intellectual Property (IP) lawyer to see what is possible.
2006-12-19 05:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by st3f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Copyright law is applicable to all Living People. If you have a new idea.invention then you submit it to the Patents Office. This will ensure you that if anyone else attempts to copy it you will be contacted. This is to ensure that there is no Copyright Infringement.
2006-12-19 06:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by D G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The symbol for copyright is © and if your written idean had carried this symbol you'd have the right to sue this person but since your idea was not registered legally you can not sue this person that stole your idea because there is nothing to prove that the idea really belongs to you. I hope this helps.
Please if you dont have copyrights on your ideas yet don't tell anyone about it.
You can see the following about copyrights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Copyright
2006-12-19 05:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by ronkeslim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt all that much you can do. the best thing would be to round up all the evidence you have (ie: notes/sketchings/your route to getting the idea basically). But Intellectual Property law is tricky.
In future I would suggest posting your idea to yourself by recorded delivery and then leaving envelope sealed, or asking youir bank to keep a copy in their vaults, unopened.
2006-12-19 05:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by Searching 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no copyright on an idea nor can an idea be patented. I'm afraid you should have kept your idea to yourself.
I would add that you are now unable to patent the idea as it in now in the public domain
2006-12-19 05:48:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opportunity lost but you have the right to come out with another idea!
2006-12-19 06:02:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you deposit your idea. You have to pay to deposit your idea in your national patent database in order to have some rights on it.
Look here for the european patent database:
http://www.european-patent-office.org/_new_patinfo_prod/index.en.php
Read more in here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_the_legal_protection_of_databases
2006-12-19 05:53:02 · answer #8 · answered by Lorenzo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋