Uh, would this paper count as "strong compelling evidence"? http://www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
To serve as evidence, its date of publication would have to be established with reasonable reliability. For a fee, The Wayback Machine will provide an affidavit confirming that Document X was archived on their servers as of a given date.[1] [1] http://www.archive.org/legal/faq.php
Flamers force lawyer to drop application for Bitcoin trademark
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To serve as evidence, its date of publication would have to be established with reasonable reliability. For a fee, The Wayback Machine will provide an affidavit confirming that Document X was archived on their servers as of a given date.[1] [1] http://www.archive.org/legal/faq.php
Alternatively you could just print it out and mail it to yourself with a seal and never open it unless called for.
[0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Poor_man%27s_...
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Alternatively you could just print it out and mail it to yourself with a seal and never open it unless called for.
Poor man's copyright seems flawed [0]. Where's the basis for mailing it with a seal having legal grounds? [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Poor_man%27s_...
Other methods include putting it in public dirs, pastebin, etc. and letting the internet mirror it for free. Encrypt it if you must, torrent an encrypted tarball if you've got name recognition..