<P> Poor man's copyright is a method of using registered dating by the postal service, a notary public or other highly trusted source to date intellectual property, thereby helping to establish that the material has been in one's possession since a particular time . The concept is based on the notion that, in the event that such intellectual property were to be misused by a third party, the poor - man's copyright would at least establish a legally recognized date of possession before any proof which a third party may possess . </P> <P> In countries with no central copyright registration authority, it can be difficult for an author to prove when their work was created . The United Kingdom Patent Office says this: </P>

What is a poor man's copyright and how effective is it
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