Copyright doesn't protect ideas -- it protects original expression (like the words, computer code, images, etc., of a web site). Once you publish an idea, there's really no way to stop others from using it. But you can protect your expression of that idea. Here are the basics, briefly.
Works are protected by copyright automatically, at the moment they're "fixed in a tangible medium of expression" -- which means you can see or hear or touch the work, whether by looking, listening to, or touching the thing itself. (Or perceiving it by way of a machine, like a computer.)
You don't need to register your work for it to be protected, but if you're in the US you will need a copyright registration to bring a lawsuit for infringement. If you register, your copyright is on the public record (a good thing in this instance, I'd say). Not only that, but registration may entitle you to statutory damages and attorney's fees if you win a lawsuit. Last, if you register within 5 years of publication, courts will consider your registration to be prima facie evidence of a valid copyright. (Proof that your copyright is valid.)
You also don't need to put a copyright notice on your web site, but it's a good idea if you want to put the world on notice. Like so: © 2007 Your Name.
2007-12-03 08:58:10
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answered by Anonymous
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To upload directly to the earlier, very respectable reply, it additionally relies on the usage of the pictures. If the internet site is whatsoever involving a for benefit enterprise, then you definitely absolutely don't desire to do that. However, if the internet site was once approximately structure and layout and also you had been utilizing them as examples, with the right credit, that can be good enough. You would possibly want to conveniently supply the writer a choice. If they agree, a fax is enough permission and even an e-mail. I did this as soon as for a non-benefit I labored with, the entire rightsholder requested for was once to approve a draft of the last quilt, they faxed me again with permission 20 mins after I despatched it. If the writer is into chapter 11, the rights could have reverted to the photographer, so do not expect they're reasonable recreation if that occurs.
2016-09-05 16:57:16
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answered by ? 4
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Sure. If you have the money to defend yourself. And you have copyright on the image automatically just by creating it. What you are asking about is registering the copyright so that a specific date and example can be proved. Put a copyright notice on it now and decide if you want to register it soon.
2007-11-29 18:14:52
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answered by Mike1942f 7
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there should be a option so you can add a copyright icon to your page.
and go here for more technical questions and answers
http://www.copyright.gov/
2007-11-29 18:15:27
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answered by rocket9244 4
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