posted on July 22, 2001 04:49:40 AM
I need to cpoyright a little something that I have written - can anyone tell me where, how etc - looking for the cheapest way possible
posted on July 22, 2001 05:19:58 AM
The material that you have written was copyrighted the moment you created it. All you have to do is be able to prove when it was created. This is what I do:
Send a copy of the work to YOURSELF via registered mail. When it arrives, sign for it but DO NOT open it or break the seal. Put it in a safe place until such time as you need to prove ownership rights. When that time comes, you're prepared. This procedure has saved my butt a couple of times.
posted on July 22, 2001 05:47:03 AM
The previous post is right.
If you want to go the whole nine yards on the copyright issue, however, have a look at the Copyright Office's site. If you go to the Library of Congress' web site, which I think is www.loc.gov, there should be a link on the home page to the Copyright Office. That will tell you all you need to know (and probably more!) about the formal copyright process.
