Here is a good explanation, in laymen's terms, of intellectual property
laws:
'An Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia and Web Developers'
http://www.laderapress.com/lib/laderapress/primer.html
Steven J. Walker
Walker Effects
www.walkereffects.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 05:40 AM, michael kimsal wrote:
> Dani wrote:
>> Hi!
>> I have seen lots of webiste with a sign "[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002"
>> etc...
>> if I would like to do that, do I have to register myself to a certain
>> company or.. I just put it on my website?
>
> Depending on what country you are in, it would probably help to
> register the information (or website code or whatever) with the
> appropriate copyright agency in your government. It will probably
> never be used, but if and when you needed to bring charges against
> someone for violating that copyright, it's registered. If it's
> unregistered, it's possibly harder to prove violation. By registering
> with your government , it essentially creates a verified copy with a
> time/date as to when it was registered (not when it was created
> necessarily, but when the government agency registered it).
>
> Hopefully you'll never need to use it, and most people don't bother
> with registration. If you think your content is valuable enough, then
> by all means register with your government's copyright agency. It may
> save you a bundle in the future.
>
> In either case, you can still display the copyright mark immediately.
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