[epub] UK/US Copyright Law

[Doug Green <flowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Doug Green <flowers@simplegiftsfarm.com>

At 07:45 PM 11/27/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>From: Cathy Stucker <cstucker@flash.net>

>The old wives' tale of mailing the manuscript to yourself doesn't hold up.
>Why not mail an unsealed envelope to yourself now, and keep it around in
>case you later want to seal a manuscript in it to "prove" when it was
>created?  You might at least have some proof if you got the postal clerk to
>handstamp the postmark all along the sealed edge, but don't rely on this as
>proof in a court of law.
>
Let me suggest a minor modification of the old wives tale (which I agree is
useless). Send the letter to yourself via **registered** mail. This is used
here in Canada for copyright material (mostly music) as the letter has to
be properly sealed to be sent or Canada Post can not accept it. You can
also use their own envelopes to seal your note inside their envelope and
the double sealing with stamping is even more effective. The letter is also
registered in Canada Post's public archives as having been sent on such and
such a date. This system does hold up in a court of law. I can not speak to
the U.S. postal system but I suspect much the same process will occur.

Doug
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