An easy way to copyright your own work is to copy it, put a date on it, mail it to yourself, mark the envelope so you can indenitify what's inside. Leave the envelope sealed, so if the day ever comes that you need to prove the work is yours you have it. and the postmark is excellent proof. I would recommend the you copy it twice and post it to yourself 2 seperate times.
Also i wouldn't post anything online or anything until you have recieved the envelope!
lulubelle
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Copyright © 2007 John Q. Public. All rights reserved.
Also, I have noted that some sites with big names (cnn.com) don't include the date, but just to be safe, you probably should.
Many people use the acceptable (c) instead of ©, which is Alt+0169 (from keypad) on Windows machines.
You do not even need to register your material with the Copyright Office; they accept the above notice as registry enough. Of course, it never hurts to protect valuable stuff by registering and paying the fee.
For more details, Google "Copyright". It's a part of The Library of Congress as I recall.
I researched this info several years ago when I was submitting SQL articles to various publications. But, since I'm not a lawyer, I deny any liability! :)
HTH, dlowery
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