It isn't necessary to take any action for a work to be protected by copyright. Copyright protection is automatic, as soon as work of sufficient originality is "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device".
If you wish to formally register a copyright, contact the copyright office in your country for the proper procedure.
In the United States you register with the federal Copyright Office (http://www.copyright.gov) in Washington D.C. If you are in Another Country you will have to check the copyright laws in your area.
The work must be entirely original, fixed in some medium that can be communicated, and fit into one of these broad categories:
Copyright is automatic, as soon as the work is fixed in a tangible medium. If formal registration is available in your country, this can be a good way to formally establish when a work was first created, but it is not required for protection.
Registration of copyright is not necessary in most countries and not even possible. Copyright is generally assigned automatically to the creator of a piece of work.
In the USA, copyright registration may be obtained by filing the necessary forms and a $35 fee, and can often be done using the online "electronic Copyright Offices". See link below.
It is only a benefit if you want to sue someone in federal court.
Registration is not required for protection, and is not available in some countries. For US registration information, see the link below.
Copyright protection is automatic; registration is not required.
US registration is available online at the link below.
Keep in mind that registration is not required for protection.
Your country's copyright office.
yes
yes
Registration is not required for protection. If you wish to register anyway, you may do so through Access Copyright at the link below.
Works are protected by copyright as soon as they are "fixed." If you wish to register a work with the copyright office, you may do so.
It depends what country you are in.
No, but you can register it as a trademark.
Registering a Copyright OnlineYes, you can. Go to this website: http://www.copyright.gov/forms/ which is the Electronic Copyright Office.
You cannot copyright a business name, but you can register it as a trademark.
Works are automatically protected once they are fixed, but you can register your art with the copyright office if you wish.
The songs are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed (written down or recorded), but if you wish to register them with the copyright office, yes, you can register a group of works under one application.
No; protection is automatic and registration is not required.