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Feedback: startup copyright protection headache - transform and automate

Being a co-founder and CTO of my other startups, I face a huge problem: patenting and protecting our code is an expensive, complex, and long-processed issue.
And of course, it is a headache for us, early-stage startups: no time and money for that.

Any investor asked us: "What about your IP?". And the questions remained unanswered.

One day I talked to a friend of mine, a co-founder of sharpshark.io - they've found a way how to protect copyright for content makers and how to implement it with blockchain technology.

Since that day I started thinking about the connection of blockchain with our development processes. I needed a cheap, simple, and quick solution to be integrated into our development and the same time protect us.
I needed the answers for our investors about a way how to protect our code.

Having a dozen tech meetings with gurus of blockchain and talking to other development companies, and putting together the greatest team, I came up with Autoproof.

So...

Autoproof.dev a way of copyright protection for startups & developers. Our service integrates with Git and CI. Deposits hashes of your code into the blockchains (you can choose which one to connect). Makes a timestamp and can be presented in a court dispute.

Blockchain-oriented Autoproof is decentralized, independent of anyone, cryptographically protected, and impossible to fake.

Being not an "original" patent, Autoproof's certificates already bring you "basic insurance" protecting your code the same day you've started using it.

Fair question about admissible in a court dispute. Why?
We provide three parts of the evidence: timestamp, proof of identity, and the content in an immutable form (hashes).
And according to the law DMCA & EUCD it works.
Any court IT expert is able to check the first commitment of some file in the blockchain (by hashes) easily. Thus you are one step ahead in your protection.

What happens now?
The next step for us - is validation and feedback from the community.
The best way to get it is pre-registrations, isn't it? So, we've opened pre-registration specifically for early birders. You'll get six months of the basic plan for free!

Looking forward to hearing any feedback, or advice on where to find customers. And please share https://autoproof.dev with your friends from startups or entrepreneur communities.

autoproof

on August 23, 2022
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    This is an interesting approach. Many founders think about copyright only after their work has been copied, but protecting creative assets should be part of the product strategy from the beginning. While automation can simplify the process, it's equally important to understand what copyright protects, what it doesn't, and how enforcement may differ across jurisdictions.

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    you need to somehow make the tool admissible in legal court for one case. Once this happens it would be easier to gain trust of customers and market the product.

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      Sure! This is one of our aims now.