the poor mans trademark/copyright
How do you pitch an idea without it getting stolen?
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NoGutsNoGLory
Superstar
Rembrandt
the artist
Just conceptually? No. And your thinking of venture capitalist if you're looking for funding.Are there think tanks that just sell business ideas?
You're probably looking for a copyright or patent. Which one you needs depends on whether it's an expressive type of art or if it's an useful (meaning practical/benefital) process or design.
Only thing about patents is that it doesn't stop somebody from disassembling your idea and changing enough things for it be derivative and not an exact clone
Rembrandt
the artist
If you think this is truly valuable, get protection first before telling anyone. Might be a hassle but you dealing with that is much better than somebody else that didn't come up with it dealing with it
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
So its common knowledge in my circle of friends that I’m oftentimes too loose with intellectual property. Normally I don’t care because my ideas are usually tied to larger loftier societal goals, so if anyone implements them I’m happy.
But I had a recent idea that yielded some pretty good unexpected results. So the momentum has made me really reconsider some other measures to protect my shyt. Especially since there’s some colleagues suddenly tryin to push for collaboration.
Ya’ll know a lot of shyt, so spit some knowledge.
How do you pitch an idea to large corporations, entities or production companies without getting your shyt yanked?
Wanna pitch an idea for a Netflix documentary.
You don't. Thats what agents are for.
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
SNYC
Black American in NYC (yes, we exist 😲)
yeah, i remember those during my beat making days
Marlo Barksdale
Really out chea
Government said that's not really valid in court
Copyright in General (FAQ) | U.S. Copyright Office
I’ve heard about a “poor man’s copyright.” What is it?
The practice of sending a copy of your own work to yourself is sometimes called a “poor man’s copyright.” There is no provision in the copyright law regarding any such type of protection, and it is not a substitute for registration.
Why didn’t nobody teach us this shyt? And it’s particularly rough at the university because we share our research and interventions all the time at conferences. The atmosphere lulls you into a sense of false security.
Mountain
All Star
Well if youre idea is any good it will be stolen, so youre right to keep it close as you can for as long as possible.
Your best bet is to minimize the scale of your idea first (note that im not advising you to change it fundamentally) so you can do the leg work yourself asap, then scale up later.
Trying to start bigger than necessary is a trap many people fall into that causes ambition paralysis. Those are the people that end up saying "man I had an idea back then but I was to busy/broke/uninformed etc to do it". Dont let that be you. Chunk your vision into its essential parts, scale each one down as much as you can, start production, then gradually scale up as your market share grows.
Your best bet is to minimize the scale of your idea first (note that im not advising you to change it fundamentally) so you can do the leg work yourself asap, then scale up later.
Trying to start bigger than necessary is a trap many people fall into that causes ambition paralysis. Those are the people that end up saying "man I had an idea back then but I was to busy/broke/uninformed etc to do it". Dont let that be you. Chunk your vision into its essential parts, scale each one down as much as you can, start production, then gradually scale up as your market share grows.
King
The black man is always targeted.
The university owns all rights to research done by its members, including students, on their facilities unless otherwise stated and approved by administration.Does this apply to research at universities?
But Iz da pappy!
It’s my idea!
However, you’re actually in a good position. Your best route would be consulting head researchers/professors and trying to work out a deal with them to move it forward. I’ve seen the university relinquish the rights before without too much hassle, hell they might even sponsor it.
It’s definitely a possibility - a lot of great ideas start from campuses. They’ll let you go ahead, hell they might even be in contact with incubators that will help you out.
But I come from a startup school so idk how much applies to you. I’ve worked with a few incubators before bc I tried to start a couple startups on campus.
Yeah I started with four families. Simply because I wanted to get some client testimonials prior to a larger release and stack some capital. I haven’t done anything business wise yet so I’m just freelancing the idea. Cool thing is I have zero overhead start up costs because everything is virtual right now and the products they receive from me are electronic. But now they’ve started running their moufs in their hoity toity social circles. I’m charging them up the yin yang but these families got money to burn. Hell im actually surprised this shyt is working.
People in education know everybody and they know the focus of my research so now that they starting to express interest and trying to encourage me to work with other colleagues. I don’t trust them.