I bought website that says 2004, but the domain I got is 2005, do I need to change the copyright to 2005? The website was made in 2004.
Google has ©2006 Google on www.google.com. I have seen multiple years seperated by commas, or sequence of years indicated by first date - current date. Found this on US Copyright Office site: Form of Notice for Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all the following three elements: 1. The symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word "Copyright," or the abbreviation "Copr."; and 2. The year of first publication of the work. In the case of compilations or derivative works incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the compilation or derivative work is sufficient. The year date may be omitted where a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or any useful article; and 3. The name of the owner of copyright in the work, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner. Example: © 2002 John Doe The "C in a circle" notice is used only on "visually perceptible copies." Certain kinds of works--for example, musical, dramatic, and literary works--may be fixed not in "copies" but by means of sound in an audio recording. Since audio recordings such as audio tapes and phonograph disks are "phonorecords" and not "copies," the "C in a circle" notice is not used to indicate protection of the underlying musical, dramatic, or literary work that is recorded. The problem with active webs is we are constantly adding copy. I truly have not found a good answer to your question. Shannon
i just use a little php code so i don't have to update every year: <? $copyrightyear = date("Y"); echo $copyrightyear; ?> PHP:
The copyright date referrs to the year the content was published. You update the year as you update the content. E.g. if the content was initially published in 2003 and then you updated it in 2006, you can either simply say (c)2006, or alternatively say (c)2003,2006. If it hasn't been updated since 2003, then it has to remain as (c)2003. Likewise if it was initially published in 2003 and updated every year, you could either simply have (c)2006 or alternatively (c)2003-2006. You can't simply change the year whenever you feel like it - only when you alter the content.
That's true but I do think most websites are likely to be updated at least once a year - I make changes to mine all the time, adding and deleting and rewriting content. Like fsmedia, I use the xxxx - xxxx format. For my main (and oldest) website, this looks like "© David J. Baxter & PsychLinks, 1997-2006". That site actually existed before 1997 but under a different name, different URL, different look and feel, etc. The year 1997 was when it became "Psychlinks". The last mentioned year is when the page was last updated.