Seems to me that this would help to time stamp when she created this to prove the date. Sort of like mailing something to yourself. The date stamped on the post can't be altered. Not that I know exactly how the legal system would work, just seems logical to me.
Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Of course, now that you have posted the block for the entire world to see, your odds of success in defending a copyright for the block itself are somewhere between slim and none. If you write a pattern, don't publicize it before you register the copyright. Here's an overview of how to do that.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-register.html
It's $35 to file online, $65 to file paper forms. Current e-filing processing time is roughly 2.7 months (paper filing is 6.1 months).
http://www.copyright.gov/eco/