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What you are looking for is a copyright - everything that you write down is immediately protected under international copyright laws. You can register the copyright in the United States by taking these steps:

Step 1

Make sure your work is a literary work. Literary works may be published or unpublished and include nondramatic textual works with or without illustrations. Computer programs and databases also are considered literary works.

Step 2

Put into one envelope or package:

* a completed application Form TX or Short Form TX and Form CON if needed (choose which form to use)
* a $45 payment to "Register of Copyrights."
* nonreturnable copy(ies) of the material to be registered. Read details on deposit requirements.


Step 3

Send the package to:

Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000

Your registration becomes effective on the day that the Copyright Office receives your application, payment, and copy(ies) in acceptable form. If your submission is in order, you will receive a certificate of registration in approximately 4 months.

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Outside the USA I can't really say what you do to register the copyright -- but rest assured that anything you create is immediately protected even if you do not register it. Just be sure you can prove that you created it, and all is well.

2007-02-22 22:43:07 · answer #1 · answered by brooks b 4 · 0 0

An idea alone can not be protected by legal monopoly - you will need to go further and actually create some original literary or similar work (which -subject to proof only) will automatically be protected by Copyright) or some new manner of doing something (which may be capable of an application for a patent in any number of jurisdictions) or even a novel design (which also may be capable of an application for registration).

2007-02-23 06:18:00 · answer #2 · answered by Peak C 1 · 0 0

Copyright instead of a patent for writing. I believe its the US Patent Office that administers it. Google it.

2007-02-23 04:23:47 · answer #3 · answered by CaesarsGhost 3 · 0 0

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