I'm interested in this competition were you submit your game ideas.http://www.game-idea.com/terms.html

How do I register a game idea as mine legally before turning it in?

As far as I know, you can't register an idea unless its an invention, which you'd apply for a patent. You can't copyright it, as you'd need to have a completed work to obtain a copyright.

Ok.Please can anyone explain this rule?Its one of the terms of the competition.
"13. I warrant that I am the sole owner and author of said material, that I have registered said material with the Library of Congress, Writers Guild or equivalent, that I have the exclusive right and authority to submit the same to them upon the terms and conditions stated herein. I will indemnify them and their clients of and from any and all claims, loss or liability (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that may be asserted against them or any of their clients, or incurred by them or any of their clients, at any time in connection with said material or any use thereof."

A poor man's patent (it's actually called that): Write your idea, in detail. Mail it to yourself, and never open it. Then submit your idea. Let the recipient know you've done this.

The downside is that your idea is going to have to be pretty damned unique. Every body thinks of everything. I thought up a movie plot, years ago when I was bored at work, years ago. Never mentioned it out loud. A few years later, it was released as a (bad) video game!

Forget what I posted! I googled "poor man's patent". It protects NOTHING!!

Rule translation pretty much is - if you enter the competition, you surrender any ability to claim theft, copyright infringement, etc.

don't tell anybody else you idea?

Send me your idea in an email and I'll register it for you :)

d21lewis, what was your idea that got turned into a game?

HA!

That site is such a load of horse shit.