   I have a million dollar idea, but...
  Okay, not really. But I was thinking tonight, what happens when someone either creates something new or discovers something that some business would pay a lot of money for?I wouldn''t know what to do. Do you get a lawyer first so you don''t get ripped off? I guess if you''re doing research at a university or something, they probably have all kinds of lawyers and they know who to approach with the new discoveries or technology or whatever.But what would you do if you made some groundbreaking discovery doing hobbyish research in your spare time at home? It could be anything. Medicine, A.I., math, physics, whatever. I wouldn''t even know where to begin, how to protect myself and my idea/discovery/creation, what businesses to approach, and I''d probably get ripped off 
  I would place a Somebody Else''s Problem field around it. lonesockPiranha are people too. ;  *starts stalking Russel* ;quote:Original post by Utwo  *starts stalking Russel*   *sues Utwo* ;  Give it to me, I''ll keep it safe for you. ;  For an invention, if you wanted to sell it to other companies, I *think* you would have to make a prototype, get a patent, and then have companies buy the rights to the patent.To make sure you get credited with a discovery, I have no clue.   ___________________________________________________________Where to find the intensity (Updated Feb 10, 2004) ;  dont make a patent, some companys will steal your work directly from that... keep it secret, make a vid of it if its ''a real thing'', destroy the prototype and all stuff that can lead to reconstruction  take the vid on the intarnet and mail some companys that may be interested with a link to the vid. NEVER LET THEM A CHANCE TO STEAL YOUR WORK, its cheaper to eleminate little russel instead of paying some billions of dollars if its ''software'' you got a problem T2k ;  Yep, and don''t let it be potentially accessed thro the www. Cf recent piracy stories in the GDev industry. ;I actually made a discovery once.. but I found out this plagiateur called Taylor had already invented it. .bas   [sPiKie] mmorpg isnt hard in vb;  So when are you starting on your MMORTSRPGTFS? 