Most copyright notifications consist of the year, the name of the rightsholder, and one or more boilerplate phrases:
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Yes; if you write a book and I illustrate it, we can be co-owners of the copyright.
You have to write a script or book and then copyright it and sell it to them, if you don't copyright it and still send it to them, they can steal legally and copyright it themselves. If you want any money from it you have to write it and copyright it, then contact Lifetime afterwards to see if they are interested.
To copyright a quote, you can simply write it down and include the copyright symbol (), the year, and your name. This will provide you with legal protection for your original quote.
No you do not. Cities and towns are not copyright, and you are free to write about them.
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You need to write something original and then publish it, applying the copyright mark, the date and your name. Copyright protection is automatic.
A notification is not required for protection. That being said, it normally consists of the word "copyright," the copyright symbol, the year, and the name of the rightsholder(s).
Given current copyright law, it's merely a courtesy; the content of the site would be protected regardless.
Generally a trademark wouldn't additionally require a copyright statement; the (tm) or (R) indication would cover it.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright; only the expression of those ideas. If you write a script, it is automatically protected; registration is not required.
Everything you write or create automatically has a copyright. However, the terms of service of most forum accounts require that you forfeit your copyright. Furthermore, claiming copyright on a forum post would be fairly pointless, as most copyright claims are only legally actionable if their is proof of commercial damages.
It is illegal to write content that promotes hate speech, incites violence, or violates copyright laws in a book.