i have a personal quote that i want to copyright for proof that it is mine, any sites that would allow me to post it up so i can claim it is mine?
2006-09-17 15:47:09 · 3 answers · asked by ssgotrunks4evr 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
i have a personal quote that i want to copyright for proof that it is mine, any sites that would allow me to post it up so i can claim it is mine? i mean it doesn't have to be anything legit, but just something to show and prove that i own it
2006-09-17 16:20:51 · update #1
Copyright is something that happens automatically and there is no procedure to be gone through. For example, all the answers on this page are copyright of their respective authors. This page itself is copyrighted and you'll notice at the bottom it says "Copyright © 2006 Yahoo! Inc". Yahoo won't have registered this page or posted copies of it to themselves because they know that simply creating this page gives them the copyright it.
Copyright law varies from country to country. There are also different laws governing different formats, e.g. video, sound, broadcasts, published volumes.
Your personal quote will remain acopyrighted material even if you don't get it formally copyrighted. So even Yahoo! answers can help you with this problem.
For further info...
Copyright in the US... http://www.copyright.gov/
Copyright on Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copyright...
General Copyright Info... http://www.copyrightwitness.com/copyright
2006-09-19 07:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by King of the Net 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
You might want to check out this website. It seems to suggest that a slogan (closest I could find to a quotation) might be protected as a trademark but not copyrighted. It has the link and phone number to the US Patent and Trademark Office. http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html#what_protect
p.s. You must have a doozy of an idea there!
2006-09-18 13:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by Vascada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think u can do it online. try to search on www.yahoo.com
2006-09-17 15:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by Brian S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋