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Thanks John. So it is a document that by it's nature is accepted as what it is represented as because a) has been provably registered/signed or b) is of a type that is not refutable (eg, the trade inscription) or c) can be shown to be issued by an organization whose products are de facto, authentic. Digital signing seems appropriate for a. Intermediaries are a problem for c. B seems to be a registry candidate although registration and signing seem to be best in all cases. As you know, copyright is considered to be an inherent right the creator obtains at point of creation. In practice, registration is best. It isn't cheap and that is a problem. A little offtopic, but the Google algorithms for determining if a submission is "monetizable" are wonky. The problems of copyright and publishing to these "free services" as a part of the same problem as above. One might think with our technologies we can do better. We really haven't. len -----Original Message----- From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@c...] On Behalf Of John Cowan Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 4:34 PM To: Len Bullard Cc: xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: XML Conference archives Len Bullard scripsit: > The notion of "self authentication" is ??? Also from WP: A self-authenticating document, under the law of evidence in the United States, is any document that can be admitted into evidence at a trial without proof being submitted to support the claim that the document is what it appears to be. Several categories of documents are deemed to be self-authenticating: 1. Certified copy of public or business records; 2. Official publications of government agencies; 3. Newspaper articles; 4. Trade inscriptions, such as labels on products; 5. Acknowledged documents (wherein the signer also gets a paper notarized); and 6. Commercial paper under the Uniform Commercial Code. -- John Cowan <cowan@c...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan "Make a case, man; you're full of naked assertions, just like Nietzsche." "Oh, i suffer from that, too. But you know, naked assertions or GTFO." --heard on #scheme, sorta
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