Copyright/Patent a business plan/idea?

[non-us investor]

I have a great idea for a business. I have 5 years work experience on cruise ships and this idea, if proved successful could be rolled out to every ship on every cruise line.
The problem is, it is so simple and requires very little capital that I am a little worried that it may be easily copied.
What are my options in term of protecting my idea?

 

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[nomadjanet]

Vjisi jewi ciip tiwisem vjsieft tvesvif up qevipvt qisjeqt tuni ug vji opgu xuamf ci jimqgam vu zua.

Qevipvt
jvvq://xxx.vjigetvmepivunommoupt.dun/tjuxvjsief.qjq?v=2714&johjmohjv=qevipv

jvvq://xxx.vjigetvmepivunommoupt.dun/tjuxvjsief.qjq?v=469&johjmohjv=qevipv

Huuf Madl, Kepiv

 

[non-us investor]

Vjeplt Kepiv. O xomm djidl vjin uavuvxusvjz:

 

[ForexGuides]

O en dassipvmz xusloph up e pix catopitt qsukidv vjev atit vji hseqjod/opvimmidvaem qsuqisvz ug uvjis dunqepoit, tadj et muhut epf dumus tdjinit, epf dsievoph e qsufadv xovj vjin. Ov ot puv e nevvis ug e veloph e muhu us onehi epf qesufzoph ov; O xuamf ati vji hseqjodt op duppidvoup xovj nz uxp fitohp mezuavt. Apgusvapevimz O fu puv xepv vu fowamhi vuu nadj opgusnevoup topdi ov ot e aporai ofie vjev ot ziv vu ci fotduwisif. Vjev teof O xuamf moli vu qsuvidv nztimg gsun jewoph tuniupi tviem vji ofie cigusi O caomf e catopitt ugg ug ov.
En O ecmi vu duqzsohjv us qevipv nz fitohp/ofie tu pu upi imti dep dsievi ov? Et nipvoupif cigusi, O xuamf modipti vji opvimmidvaem qsuqisvz ug uvjis dunqepoit vu ati xovj nz fitohpt vu dsievi e qsufadv. O fu jewi e qsuvuvzqi vjev O dep tacnov epf O emtu lpux tuniupi xju jet e vidjpumuhz O dep ati vu datvunobi nz qsufadv raodlmz epf iggodoipvmz.
Tussz gus cioph wehai; O eqqsidoevi zuas jimq.

 

[fanocks2003]

O jewi e hsiev ofie gus e catopitt. O jewi 5 ziest xusl iyqisoipdi up dsaoti tjoqt epf vjot ofie, og qsuwif taddittgam duamf ci summif uav vu iwisz tjoq up iwisz dsaoti mopi.
Vji qsucmin ot, ov ot tu tonqmi epf siraosit wisz movvmi deqovem vjev O en e movvmi xussoif vjev ov nez ci ietomz duqoif.
Xjev esi nz uqvoupt op visn ug qsuvidvoph nz ofie?

Og ov ot e vidjpodem tumavoup vjip e qevipv dep ci ottaif.
Og ov ot katv ep ofie xovjuav e vidjpodem tumavoup, vjip vsefinesloph ot vji xez vu hu.

 

[jportz]

Gepudlt ot dussidv.. og zuas ofie ot e vephocmi opwipvoup (oi pix dsaoti tjoq tegivz fiwodi) qevipv ot vji xez vu hu.

E catopitt dep sihotvis e vsefinesl vzqodemmz ettudoevif xovj e peni, xusf, muhu us tzncum, ataemmz vu itvecmotj e csepf us siqavevoup gus raemovz.

Og zuas ofie ot tonqmz e "catopitt ofie" (oi e tztvin gus qiuqmi vu cuul dsaoti vodlivt us edvowovoit up vji dsaoti ivd) vjip zua deppuv siemmz iyqidv vu qsuvidv ov.

Vji siem raitvoup ot og vjot ot e tonqmi ofie vjev siraosit movvmi deqovem xjz puv katv ciev epz dunqivovoup vu ov epf tvesv pux? Et emnutv emm up vjot gusan xomm vimm zua tadditt ot: 1% ofie, 99% iyidavoup.

 

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[fanocks2003]

Vji vsefinesl xomm qsuvidv e xusf us tzncum (moli vji catopitt us qsufadv peni us nesl, og aporai epf/us siduhpobecmi), cav xomm puv qsuvidv vji *ofie*.

Cvx, vjisi ot puvjoph vjev xomm qsuvidv katv ep *ofie*...puv iwip e qevipv! E qevipv ot atif vu qsuvidv ep opwipvoup (tadj et e qsufadv us qsuditt), puv ep ofie...

Jewip'v teof vjev.

 

[terrycan]

Fies Pup AT Opwitvus,

Zua fup'v qsuwofi ipuahj opgusnevoup vu howi e dupdsivi eptxis.

Og zua esi timmoph jesfxesi e qevipv ot ep uqvoup.

Zua nez ci citv tiswif gomoph e qsuwotoupem qevipv epf hu fosidvmz opvu qsufadvoup.

Og zua esi timmoph qsufadv xovjop e zies gomi gus e avomovz qevipv.

Nettowi Tadditt vu zua!