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How Do I Secure An IP, While Leaving Options Open?
Tiger4 writes "Let's say I have a photograph, or a television script, or have finally perfected the water-to-gasoline conversion process, or some other piece of non-software but copywritable or patentable IP. I know I want it secured in my name, on this date, in a provable and verifiable way. But being an Open Source, free-to-the world sort of person, I'm willing to share my knowledge to the world, as long as all credit points unambiguously to me. Any attempts at theft could, would, and must be immediately rebuffed by my offer of proof from when I first secured the IP. What, if any, tool or method is available to me in the digital world? MD5 and the like are available to show that copied files are the same as the original source, but they don't show time of authorship unambiguously. The same with Public Key crypto. I could lock it up with a time stamp, but what prevents me from faking the stamp that locks the file? Is there a way to homestead a little chunk of time with my IP's name on it?"
There ya go.
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Just to bring to your attention, I think this Article was submitted by Slashdot's automatic journal News Submission IP Stealing evil monkey with a big stick hiding in the closet waiting to get.... er, I digress... I think...
What planet was I on again?
My backup chemistry thesis stored on Data Storing Bacteria mutated; granting me a degree in forensic anthropology. v4sw7
I'll meet you to discuss how to secure your IP. Please bring all relevant documents, and don't tell anyone where you are going.
Put it in a sealed envelope and ...oh f***, nevermind.
How come I don't have any "Please! Stop!" mod points?
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
I've found that a rule-based IP firewall like netfilter works well.
DNA just wants to be free...
Maybe they mistook Slashdot for Google?
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)