Can that really be proved? I mean even if someone had it copywrited, how does one know they really wrote it then? cia, cristy ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Fw: copyrights, "Fair Use", and genealogy In a message dated 12/11/2005 7:18:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I always heard as a former songwriter want a bee, that if I wrote a song and then mailed it to myself and kept it sealed, that would be proof of my copywrite? It's proof of the day you wrote it - so if someone else copied it and claimed it as their own, you can prove your original date. It, of course, does not prove that you were the one and only originator - someone else could have written it before you. Bev