no copyright year on reports. A good idea!

Trieu · 11-04-2008, 06:06 PM

I'm writing a report is which will given away free. My intention is to make it go viral, and letting others distribute it for me.

Now, if I decide to put copyright@2008 in my report, say in 3 yrs time, my report is still being distributed virally, do you think people who read it will value the information in the report since its like 3 years out of date?

My point is, would it be better to not put the date on it at all?

Dan Liptak · 11-04-2008, 06:37 PM

I would put a copyright and the year. Then somewhere in the beginning of the report, put a link for "an updated copy click here" with a link back to your optin page.

AndrewCavanagh · 11-04-2008, 06:46 PM

You want a year next to your copyright notice for legal reasons.

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gsharp · 11-04-2008, 07:12 PM

Agreed. Having the year lends a certain degree of credibility which is extremely valuable. If you're worried about it appearing old after a year, why not give people some great value by updating your product with some new or updated information and then you can put the current year on it. Seems like it would only take an hour or two a year, depending on the product.

If it has old or outdated information, it would be unethical to sell it as fresh new content.

Ernie Lonardo · 11-04-2008, 07:18 PM

I'm not condoning this..but what you could do...is

instead of adding a copyright note...you could add an image at the bottom of your page...which says..copyright 2008 blah blah....and then in 2009, ud just need to edit the image to 2009 and reupload it...and all your pages would update with the new copyright notice

Steven Carl Kelly · 11-04-2008, 08:18 PM

You could always use roman numerals so that it isn't quite as obvious that the document is aging.

esr · 11-04-2008, 11:44 PM

Adding a date actually sounds like a great way to build your email list even bigger. Adding a link for updates is a great idea.

innocent07 · 11-04-2008, 11:59 PM

What ever you do, just dont display a Future date on your report.

Eg - Copyright 2014,

that would look odd

Steven Carl Kelly · 11-05-2008, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innocent07

What ever you do, just dont display a Future date on your report.

Eg - Copyright 2014,

that would look odd

Unless you happen to COME from the future.

11-04-2008, 06:06 PM	#1
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gsharp Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: no copyright year on reports. A good idea! Agreed. Having the year lends a certain degree of credibility which is extremely valuable. If you're worried about it appearing old after a year, why not give people some great value by updating your product with some new or updated information and then you can put the current year on it. Seems like it would only take an hour or two a year, depending on the product. If it has old or outdated information, it would be unethical to sell it as fresh new content.

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innocent07 Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 604 Thanks: 37 Thanked 39 Times in 34 Posts	Re: no copyright year on reports. A good idea! What ever you do, just dont display a Future date on your report. Eg - Copyright 2014, that would look odd