Re: How to copyright?

On Wed, April 14, 1999, John Adams <johadams[_at_]infoave.net> wrote:
>
> If anyone out there knows how I can go about copyrighting a book, I
> could use some advice and instruction. John

6 replies
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:49:01 -0400
From: "Howard G. Zaharoff" <HGZ[_at_]buslaw128.com> To: "'cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org'" <cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org> Subject: Re: How to copyright?
Message-Id: <C09DA0440241D211904E0008C730C39E08458C[_at_]NTSERVER>

First you write it. It is now protected by copyright. Then you make sure that you (and your publisher) include a proper copyright notice on all published copies. (A proper notice is the word Copyright, the abbreviation Copr., or the circled-c symbol -- since the last has international significance, you should always at least use it -- followed by the name of the copyright owner and the year of first publication.) For example:

     Copyright * Howard Zaharoff 1999

At some point along the way you will want to register your copyrights by filing Copyright Office Form TX, with the filing fee (still $20) and proper deposit. You can get the forms and instructions by contacting the Copyright Office or visiting its web site at:

     http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Howard Zaharoff, Esq.
Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C.
1601 Trapelo Road
Reservoir Place
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 622-5930 x237
(781) 622-5933 fax
email: hgz[_at_]buslaw128.com

[2]
Date: 14 Apr 99 09:44:23 EDT
From: SMcLaughlin1[_at_]doc.gov
To: cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org
Subject: Re: How to copyright?
Message-Id: <0069bdrpzvbd.0069txtxfttt[_at_]doc.gov>

If you wrote it and it's original, you actaully have copyrighted it. The best explanation of this is at the EXCELLENT Copyright Office site, which can help you get forms to register your copyright and has a pretty comprehensive list of FAQs. That address is: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/. It's really quite easy and cheap.

Sabrina McLaughlin
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of the General Counsel- Room 5876 14th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230
202.482.0445
smclaughlin1[_at_]doc.gov

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:59:15 -0400
From: Yarnall Jody <jyarnall[_at_]sinclair.edu> To: cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org
Subject: Re: How to copyright?
Message-Id: <3714D773.3F358666[_at_]sinclair.edu>

Try the U.S. Copyright Office home page

     http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Jody C. Yarnall
<jyarnall[_at_]sinclair.edu>

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:26:40 -0400
From: "Linda Cullen" <LCullen[_at_]sipress.si.edu> To: cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org
Subject: Re: How to copyright?
Message-Id: <s714b3c6.056[_at_]ic.si.edu>

You can request forms from copyright office at Library of Congress in Washington DC. I don't have the number handy, but it's a 202 area code. I'm pretty sure the forms are also on the Copyright Office web site -- easy to find through a web search.

Good luck.

Linda Cullen
<lcullen[_at_]sipress.si.edu>

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:36:58 -0400
From: Diane Cabell <cabell[_at_]mama-tech.com> To: cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org
Subject: Re: How to copyright?
Message-Id: <37150A79.960BE28A[_at_]mama-tech.com>

Check the information on the US Copyright website at

   http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Diane Cabell
http://wwww.mama-tech.com/
Fausett, Gaeta & Lund, LLP
Boston, MA
<cabell[_at_]mama-tech.com>

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:24:27 +1000
From: "Dunne, Helen" <hdunne[_at_]mov.vic.gov.au> To: "'cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org'" <cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org> Subject: Re: How to copyright?
Message-Id: <6EC7C3ABE073D211AF3C00104B6A4EA108030F[_at_]powlett.mov.vic.gov.au>

To quote from the Attorney-General's short guide to copyright in Australia is reads:

   The coyright act does not require the compoettion of formalities    (such as publication, registration or the payment of fees) in order    to obtain protection in Australia, or any other country which is    also a party to an international copyright treaty. Although    copyright protection in Australia is not dependent upon formal    notice, it is advisable for copyright owners to place a copyright    notice in a prominent place on their work. There is no set form    of words for a copyright notice, but such a notice may state: This    work is copyright. Apart from any use permistted under the    Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process, or any    other exclusive right exercised, without the permission of (name    and address of copyright owner and the year in which the work    was made).

   In order to qualify for copyright protection in some of these    countries it is necessary that works bear, in a prominent place and    from the time of first publication, the copyright symbol ( a 'c' in    a circle) along with name, address and year.

I trust this answers your question and is of some help.

Helen Dunne
<hdunne[_at_]mov.vic.gov.au> Received on Thu Apr 15 1999 - 06:05:21 GMT