<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> NO!, NO, No, no. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.snopes.com/legal/postmark.asp">http://www.snopes.com/legal/postmark.asp</a> This is proof of nothing other than rumor and old - bad advice propagating through history. This is NOT a poor mans copyright. Not in the United States anyway. In point of fact, in the US you can't copyright ideas. Only the implementation of an idea such as a work of art or publication. Properly documented and researched you can patent an idea. Still there has to be someway to implement the idea in the filing. Read the patent for M.A.S.E.R and then the one for L.A.S.E.R. for an example. A patent is still only a license to sue. Get the web page up and running to establish the brand while working on the implementation and be prepared for others to steal the idea. Or to have other like minded people come up with their variation on the idea. If the idea is good, people will take it and run with it. Don Bosman <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/2/2015 3:11 PM, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:54CFD9E1.7000408@liquidweb.com" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Write down the full details of your idea, the execution of your plan and what it may entail. Seal everything in a stamped envelope and mail it to yourself, but do not open it. This way you will have proof of your idea. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"><big><big> </big></big> </pre> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>