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Originally Posted by Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense
telling someone about it... just like posting a picture... does not constitute placing something into the public domain...
someone already alluded to this above...
that's where you are making your first mistake...
your second mistake has to do with your assertion that there needs to be some formal 'protection' put inplace before i could post a picture... or for that matter, play a song i wrote, or display a pinting i painted...
by the very act of creating it it becomes your work of art...
now of course i could claim that i did it... i could claim that i wrote DOOM3... but in a court of law, i'd loose... because the original developers can show that this is their original work...
even if they didn't have any copyrights posted...
do yo see any copyrights on any of Van Goghs paintings...
--Mike
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lmao
I'm not making any mistakes here ..... hahaha
Just you saying you made it - isnt a case.
you are missing the fundamental point all the time.
By placing proper protections behind it provides you with cover should some else claim they made it or use your "prior art" for their own gains. Good audit trail etc.
If you dont put appropriate measures behind your work, to protect it, before sticking it in the public domain - you will most likely loose it. If anyone were to fight a case on that very weak basis - they would be wasting their money.
On Doom 3 analogy you said it yourself but, again, missed the very point I have always made throughout this thread,...
( please read all again --- it has been carefully worded, throughout)
ID, through their IPR attourneys, would have the proper protections in place prior to anyone knowing about it.
Forums can claim license to the posts and threads as their own -- by placing the correct instruments within the terms and conditions(T's & C's). When you agree to those terms at registration you enter into a contract governing your use of the forums.
The assertion I have made all the way along, is that with no formal protection, anything posted on the web is very very vulnerable to misuse, copying etc.
By applying proper protections you can go some way to secure it.