Steve and forum readers, here's one copyright question which I'm concerned about most of all.
If, for example, Steve, you post a new article, and someone who wants to steal it, posts it quickly enough on his/her site and then claims the authorship - what to do?
If the person says, that he/she is the content author and you are the thief, and takes all the actions against you, which Steve describes (sends e-mails etc.) - how to prove your authorship and to protect your rights?
The described person even can be tricky enough to change post date and time, web logs, and to do some other "hacks" to prove his/her false authorship, and/or to provide enough "social engineering", "networking", or other social power to literally smash you, or even to send you to jail.
So, what's the solution?
P.S. It's sad that the described reason is one of the main obstacles, which prevents me from starting bloggind. Some time ago I translated one of Steve's shareware articles and posted in on my small site, with Steve's kind permission. Then, I shut it down for my own reasons, and then, recently, I have found my translation, slightly changed, on popular programming site, signed by other name... And there's no way to prove, that it's my translation - exept the text file I have......  |