IndiePool Copyright Depository

Thoughts? :hmmm:

Copyright Depository

Copyright Depository

What percentage of the people using the service need to do this?

I dunno. I think burning CDs/DVDs/Locked floppies (hah)/etc with a timestamp should be enough.

Actually, if you use Canada Post plastic shipping envelopes, they cannot be tampered with. The glue they use damages the plastic, and attempting to open it leaves damning evidence. The glue can also not be "steamed" off.

In Greece, the process of opening a sealed envelope in front of a judge does NOT exist! So the poor man's copyright does NOT apply in Greece...

Well, in reality, it doesn't seem to apply here either. Although, the idea of those Canada Post envelopes is interesting.

I suppose this "depository" idea is just some way of keeping it official and organized. Either way it's not something I need to use yet...but it's interesting nonetheless. Especially interesting is the lack of interest from most folks I've talked to. Perhaps it's totally geared towards the indie/pop world.

Wouldn't showing your piece to a number of people suffice, generally? Eye-witnesses should be good enough for a court. (Of course the problem there is that most won't remember the exact date when you showed them.)

In my case I (usually) get either:

A. The university stamp! Each year there is a review on my PhD, so everything belonging in that part, has the assets of the university of London, which can fight anything and everything should there be a serious issue.

B. Live recordings and performances. Dated, recorded, stamped, programs, the orchestra members, conductor, performers and audience as proof. Not much else needed.

C. Clients. I work for computer games, which automatically means they are protected by the company I work for.

D. Competitions (the CGEmpire ones, for example). Dated, shown, people have downloaded it and it's there, on a specific server.

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The problem with copyright is different: How the gently caress will you know?

Let's assume that I take one of Gardeners tunes and use it. I earn a few $ and that's it, some reputation since he's a kickass composer and that's it. How many new works have you heard over the last year? 5? 10? how many new works are being composed in a year? 100,000? 1,000,000? more? So the gap is SO large, there is no way of knowing. Unless they keep the name, or your name intact, in which case it's very easy. Or if the track/song/composition becomes SO well known (like for example Timberlake stealing your loops intact), that you can spot it (but won't be able to fight back due to legal fees... brrr...)