If you put a book or something else copyrighted by you on the internet who owns it lawfully?

Answer 1

"something else" here is tricky!

Vague terms like above don't stand a chance unless established clearly.

On a plain reading of your question, the person who has registered a copyright in his/her/it favour and mentioned the book as copyrighted, owns it lawfully. The person who has put it on the Internet may not be the owner of such copyright but still has the authorisation to put it so. Like you may have a book copyrighted by its author, yet a publisher is publishing it with the authority of the copy-righter.

One really has to go into full details to comment on appropriately.

Answer 2

You do; owning the copyright means you can do whatever you want with it, and making it available online (free or otherwise) does not deprive you of that copyright. In fact, some authors make their books available online as a way of increasing sales; they've found that people who have a chance to preview the books are more likely to buy.

Answer 3

You do. But unless you post a notice of copyright, you are placing it in the public domain.

Answer 4

You are still the owner until 70 years after you are dead. You also don't need to register the intelletual property (IP) with USPTO.

Answer 5

All the information you need....

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