Navid

So how would I copyright an idea of mine? How much would it cost? Where would I go to do it? Can it be done under the age of 18?

Another question, how would a programmer transfer a program into a device? Like a remote or cell phone. I've been really curious and have no idea really.

Lockick

Wow, sounds like you have something on your hands that could be big. Good luck with whatever it is.

I have no idea how to get a copyright, but I'd assume that google does.

As for transfering a program into a device like a remote or cell phone, I think you have to rewright the program in it's native language, some form of assembly would be my guess. I know that's how you right games for game consoles, well, before the next generation of consoles. I read somewhere that ps3 games can be coded in c++, but it was a while back, and it may have just been a rumor, but back on track. If you wanted to port your program (I'm assuming it's a program, due to your question about portability) to say a cellphone, I'd get it copyrighted first, then go talk to whatever cell phone company you want to get it ported to, and get the technical details of how the cell phone works, what language it uses, and then rewrite your program in that language.

I think.

thechristelegacy

Under the DMCA you can copyright any webcontect whether it be pictures, writings, etc, or anything you place online simply by placing a copyright symbol on your page or specifying that the content on your site is copyrighted. Now if it is off the web, I'm not sure, but I believe it envolves mailing the Unighted States Copy right office or whatever it is. Good luck.

uman

No!!!

You're thinking of a patent, not a copyright

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pr0gm3r

Hi Navnav, I don't think you can copyright your idea, but when you write your ideas on paper. then you can have copyright because you are the one who invented and it's belong to you.

search google... but have some of your idea written first before getting copyright...

^__^..

good luck...

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uman

If you write the ideas down, then someone could still use your idea. They just couldn't copy that piece of paper you wrote them on.

What you want is a patent!

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DaWei

Copyrights, trademarks, and patents aren't the same thing and aren't intended for the same things. Investigate the difference. If you feel you have intellectual property of one kind or another that is worth protecting, seek knowledgeable counsel. The guy that invented what we call the "Xerox" process didn't reap the rewards of it.

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uman

Really? That sucks.

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Berto

It used to be in this country that you could write down your idea and mail it to yourself, and so the british postal services postmark on the envelope passed as legal, and therefore you could go

"well i have this unsealed dated envelope with my work on that i copywrited"

which was nice.

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Infinite Recursion

Berto, I've heard the same thing about "mailing the information to yourself" and using the postmark date as the copyright... here in the US.

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