Copyrights

Question

If I were to show my website here to get feedbacks and help, no one can steal my website right?

Answer 1

I see. You will always be at risk with people attempting to take logos, tag lines, and such. Depending on the laws in your country, there may be different ways to safeguard and protect against those creative assets from being stolen. However, it will still cost money to file for registered trademarks and additional money to go after people infringing on your trademarks.

That said, you might want to begin establishing an online presence that can be tracked back to a date on various social media accounts where you can claim when you first had possession of the creative assets.

This may establish you had ownership prior to someone else attempting to claim it as well.

Having this content cached in Google and Wayback Archives could also help your case in the future.

All said, don't take my advice as accurate. Consult with an attorney and do research on this before doing anything.

Answer 2

(Don't be so sure... ^_^)

Answer 3

[A little meta but programmer's notes here + additional thoughts around ownership]

Copyright (not for service- / trademarks covered by @David) is automatic in the United States and perhaps in a country near you.

Some go further and embed watermarks (or traps) in codes and data -- like a piece of code that reveals the author (I've done this) or bogus customers that deliver mail to the CTO (indicator of compromise). Currency is often watermarked, as are songs, videos, images, etc. You probably don't have to go as far as I've seen recently (inaudible watermarks in broadcast television can be heard by your mobiles) I think you can just drop something in that increases the likelihood you did it on purpose and not an opponent (like an encrypted tag that blends in with the media).

Temporally, you could burn something to permanent media (like a DVDROM) and use a notary pubic. Also, keeping your website in something like github has loads of advantages, like history -- you can keep a copy too, but this assigns history bookkeeping to a third party.

Answer 4

Depends on what you mean by steal. If it is a simple static HTML website, then anyone who visits your website has access to everything that loads in the browser. However, they won't necessarily have access to any server side logic or databases.

Is there something specific you are concerned about being stolen?

Answer 5

LOL... @ValentineHacker is an active and trusted member of the community. This is just an FYI in case you weren't sure. 😉

Answer 6

Kirk... There are some great ideas! Thanks for posting them.

Answer 7

@ValentinHacker
Discussing cybersecurity with a person named ValentinHacker, creepy :D

Answer 8

@David Carroll
Well actually about its logo and motto what I'm concerning.
Otherwise it is a regular online shopping website.