I just put a copyright on my website. But everytime I put new content on my website does that mean I have to update the copyright?
2007-11-05 15:03:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Every work you make must be registered at the Copyright Office in order to be protected.
2007-11-05 15:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fraginal is wrong - too bad, usually he has good answers.
Your material is copyrighted as soon as it is put in fixed form.
If it is fixed HTML, then that is when you create the HTML. If it is dynamic, then that is when it is displayed.
That is true whether you have a copyright notice or not.
The notice is to inform people, not to seal the copyright. You don't lose rights if the notice is missing. I can't say what happens if the date is old, as you sometimes see on web sites.
Registration with the US Copyright office in advance of an infringement allows you to collect certain types of damages should you be infringed. That is all.
Of course, just claiming copyright might not be enough - the material itself could be infringing on someone else's copyright - that is for a court to sort out if it comes to that.
A great place to start learning this is at www.chillingeffects.org
2007-11-06 00:19:58 · answer #2 · answered by Barry C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋