How To Copyright What You Write
If you are the author, you can copyright books, poems, directories, catalogs, pamphlets, leaflets, cards, single pages and publications such as newspapers, magazines, reviews, newsletters and bulletins. Also, scripts,, lectures, sermons, maps, monologs and cartoons. In essence, you can copywrite almost anything that you write or draw, provided you comply with the following procedures.
1.PRODUCE COPIES WITH COPYWRITE NOTICE
Produce the work in copies by printing or other means of reproduction. It is essential that all copies bear a copywrite notice in the required form and position. As a general rule, the copywrite notice should consist of three elements.
a.The word "copywrite", the abbreviation "copy", or the symbol "c" printed within a cirßcle. Use of the symbol may have advantages in securing copywrite in countries that are members of the Universal Copywrite Convention.
b.The name of the copywrite owner (or owners).
c.The year date of publication. This is ordinarily the year in which copies are first placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed by the copywrite owner or under his authority.
These elements should appear together on the copies.
EXAMPLE: Copywrite 1988 John Doe
For a publication printed in book form, the copywrite notice should appear on the title page or the page immediately following. The "page immediately following" is normally the reverse side of the page bearing the title.
2.PUBLISH THE WORK.
3.REGISTER YOUR CLAIM IN THE COPYWRITE OFFICE. Promptly after publication, you should send the following material to the Copywrite Office.
a.Application for Registration. (For books, booklets, pamphlets, reports, etc., use form A).
b.Two copies of the edition of the work as published.
c.Registration fee of $10. Do not send cash. Payment must be in the form of a money order, check, or bank draft, payable to the "Registry of Copywrites" send everything to: Registry of Copywrites, Library of Congress, Washington DC 20540.
IMPORTANT: Copywrite protection will be permanently lost unless all published copies bear a copywrite in the form and position as described above. When a work has been published without notice of copywrite, it falls
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