FAQ
It is a file transfer system that protects intellectual property, ideas, and plans shared between the sender and the recipient in accordance with UK and EU legislation and a confidentiality agreement. In short, we provide copy protection where you can prove that it is your intellectual property.
- Evidence-grade file transfer
- Legally documented submission
- Auto-binding NDA delivery
- International enforceability layer
- Proof-of-origin infrastructure
- Chain-of-custody secured transfer
- Litigation-ready documentation
A traditional international file-sharing service only transfers data from point A to point B.
Fosite doesn't just send files - it legally protects them: every transfer automatically includes a timestamp, a unique identifier, and a digital legal declaration proving who shared the content, when, and under what terms.
This makes Fosite not just a file-sharing tool, but a verifiable intellectual property and legal protection system in a single step.
Startups, designers, artists of all kinds, lawyers, advertisers, salespeople, creatives, writers, anyone who wants to protect their intellectual property while sharing it with others. Whether it's a business plan, communication material, building design, photo, or screenplay. Anything that is your property, your creation.
In addition to being a file transfer system that uses encryption, it adheres to the strictest intellectual property and copyright laws, and a confidentiality agreement is created between users. In the event of a legal dispute, it has evidentiary value. In all cases.
You can safely send your ideas and plans to others without fear of someone stealing, implementing, or possibly using them illegally.
In this case, you get comprehensive legal services for pennies, which would normally cost you thousands or tens of thousands of times more.
Automatically. From the moment you start using the site. They apply to everyone, including those who send and receive files. They also apply to anyone who has your encrypted code, i.e., anyone to whom you have given it. The laws and confidentiality apply to all users (senders/recipients), which you accept by using the site, as does the person to whom you send the file.
You can find the relevant laws here: NDA
Legal references:
- Copyright is governed in the UK by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. UK copyright law is also subject to the terms of several international treaties.
- For types of copyright work see, Sections 3 - 8 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- For ownership of copyright see, Sections 9 - 11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- For economic rights, see Sections 16 - 24 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- For moral rights, see Sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- The UK Intellectual Property Office provides further Copyright information here, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation, here.
UK Copyright courts and methods:
- UK copyright court:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/copyright-tribunal - UK copyright court, methodology for reporting violations:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/copyright-tribunal-applications-procedure
You can read and download the confidentiality agreement here: NDA