Literary works are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium: if all you have is the first four pages, those first four pages are protected. It just needs to be written down.
"The big book of pointlessness that is copyrighted forever in the uNITED kINGDOM"
Not at all, the text is copyrighted as soon as it is written.
It is okay to write a book on something that is copyrighted, but you cannot publish your work unless you get permission from the author.
With the permission of the copyright holder.
The entire book is copyrighted. The holder owns all distribution and reproduction rights. Use of any parts without the permission of the owner would be a violation.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee was copyrighted in 1960.
Short phrases such as book titles are not protected by copyright.
September 2006 but its copyrighted 2005...........
Lord of the Flies was first published in England in 1954.
No, all books that are published are copyrighted, you will need the permission of the publisher to do this.
The only way a work created by you can become 'not' copyrighted, is if you've voluntarily given up those rights.
No matter what, if you change an already copyrighted (or not) book, you must have it re-copyrighted, or it will not officially "exist", or in general, be published. Even if it's your own book, and you're just changing up some spelling issues/grammar issues, you still have to get it copyrighted (again), probably under a "new edition", or the like.