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"Can it be used for work under the NDA?"
"What to do with older works?"
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??]]>As of yesterday the beta has been opened up significantly. One still needs to have an invite to get in, but invites are now issued daily and to virtually everyone who requests them. I'd really love some feedback here with regards to the design, usability and its usefulness. Grab an invite, join in and let me know what you think of it.
Some further, interesting development is in works, and I guess it's not hard to guess what it is given what forum this post is on
I guess it depends on how badly you want the feedback, and how likely you think for your design to be ripped. For example, I have never seen a type-only logos copied. Nor do I remember seeing simple (minimalistic) ones ripped. Also if it's a feedback you are after, you can always collect it and then remove the logo.
Sounds good! I think I'll go ahead and go for it. Here's a question: Can you update a logo that you've registered through the federal government without paying a fee? Can you actually update a logo that you've registered period? It would make sense if you could, but then again a lot of things that make sense, you can't do... 
Thanks for the comments, Michael.
> how did you get your experience in website development?
As everyone else did - by copying other people's work...
Haha. That's good to hear! So what do you think about submitting my current WIP logo to logopond? I know there is an inherent risk in posting it anywhere publicly, but I'd love to get some feedback on it. Should I just say screw it and go for it? I feel that at this point there is no protection for my work. Unless I were to register it, which I'm obviously not going to do until it's final... Thoughts?
]]>> how did you get your experience in website development?
As everyone else did - by copying other people's work...
I would certainly consider paying for this copyright protection service IF it had rock-solid legal legitimacy
I am not sure what "rock-solid legal legitimacy" translates to. I suspect you do not mean that one would just copy the timestamp on a USB stick, hand it over to the judge and he would rule in your favor :)
I can obtain a legal opinion on the acceptability of timestamps as a court evidence, but it would still be up to the user of the service to bring it to the court and make a use of it.
.. it's real use may lie as a deterrent
As I said above, I view the deterrence as a secondary function. The primary function is to provide a reliable time reference for asserting the copyright claims. Specifically, for using in takedown notices in cases of blatant rip-offs.
I don't mean that as an insult, I just don't think it really stops anyone.
I don't take it as one. I am quite curious myself to see to what degree this is going to work, if to work at all.
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