I would like to know how I would go about getting a real copyright © 2010 on my website? http://ericferusfoundation.com
You register a copyright if your in the US. You can copyright anything by mailing it to yourself certified. "Put your documents in an envelope, mail it certified to yourself and you will have proof that the documents are yours. Don't open the envelope when you get it back, just put it in a safe area." You can also got to an attorney and certify it... (PROPER Way) try the link below http://www.copyright.gov/
I can't believe how often people here confuse "copyright" with "copywriting". Sheesh. Almost half the threads in this forum are about copyrights.
Actually, all unique content made by yourself is subjected to copyright laws. All your graphics (since they are ideas) for example is copyrighted under intellectual property. Nevertheless, you should place a "copyright notice" on your work to let other's know of how you want that content to be used.
As omarabid said, common creative license is probably the only one that wont cost you money. To get a real copyright you will need your attorney (lawyer) to sign a contradiction on behalf of your website. It is a long painful process. I personally do not bother, because it is plagerisum if someone took your work as theirs, and you don't need to spend money to put that person into the hands of law.
" Copywriting is the use of words to promote a person, business, opinion or idea. Salesman ship in print " There's a big damn difference. Brett.
Yeah, just another wrong thread that no moderator will care about *** sigh *** Worst thing is absentminded OP forgetting to read sticky threads/forums rules and absentminded posters replying to misplaced questions.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/ Copyright Frequently Asked Questions My understanding is that if you're in the US (or countries which have signed the same agreements), anything you write or draw has a copyright at the moment of creation. You personally hold that copyright unless you are under a contract (or employer agreement) which claims the copyright. You can keep the copyright while licensing copies under various licenses. You can sell (assign) the copyright to someone else. If you register your copyright, there are greater penalties for violations. I can only give opinion. A lawyer can give more authoritative answers.
Copyright is a form of intellectual property law which protects original works of authorship.This law does not protect facts but it protects the way to express ideas. Home Based Jobs
I invite this thread to be closed. It's in the wrong forum and is wandering. And I don't know if "Report thread" is the proper tool to use so I can't click on that.
lol no it actually isn't, a lot of musicians use the "mail" technique to copyright/protect their lyrics from infringement. Its a great, cheap way to keep your intellectual property safe.
Your website is already copyrighted, simply by having created it. Copyright exists the moment an original work is created in a country which is party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. Depending on the country that you created the work in, there may be an optional copyright registration procedure which lets you obtain a certificate that creates a presumption of copyright ownership in your favour. Many countries do not even have a registration system, though, and in the ones which do, it is voluntary except for certain instances, like when the courts require you to produce proof of ownership of a copyright. What country did you create the content in? Also, in regards to Internal09's suggestion to mail the material to yourself, that does not create a copyright (the work is already copyrighted upon creation), nor does it even provide adequate proof that you are the creator of the work. I wrote an article on the "Poor man's copyright" here.
Technically, any work which you created is copyrighted from the minute you write it down, sing it, make it, etc. By registering with a copyright agency, then it just provides more physical evidence of when it was created, when it was registered at the copyright agency etc. If you created the website yourself and the content is created by yourself, then you can put (c) 2010 at the bottom of your website without registering with a copyright agency.