Post #132085 by PolynesianPop on Tue, Dec 21, 2004 8:26 AM

On 2004-12-20 23:55, MaiTaiMafia wrote:
First - you must include a Copyright stamp (the "C" in a cirlcle)and the date on all of your work, no matter what it is. If there is no symbol, it's pretty much open turf and anyone can reproduce it. Worse yet, they can beat you to the punch and copyright YOUR design before you do!

I'm sorry but this information is incorrect. Copyright begins when the piece is created. As quoted here, *"Copyright is established when an original work is created, composed or written and fixed to a tangible medium such as paper, canvas, recording, a hard drive, on film, etc. The copyright is owned by the creator.

Registering your original work with the Office of Copyright is not required for intellectual property to be protected by copyright.

While registering for copyright is not required, the legal registration with the Office of Copyright will benefit the copyright owner should an issue of infringement occur. Registering copyright is beneficial because you cannot sue for copyright infringement without registration."*

http://www.rightsforartists.com/copyright.html

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2004-12-21 08:26 ]