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Public Service Announcement: No. Mailing Something to Yourself is Not a Substitute for Copyright Registration or a Patent.
FishBits: Mini Article Volume 23, Issue 2

This practice is often called the “Poor Man’s Copyright” and the idea has been around for a long time. The theory is that mailing a copy of a work to yourself will provide you with certain legal rights akin to a copyright registration so long as the envelope remains sealed and bears a postmark by the United States Postal Service.

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