Yes: a work of sufficient originality is automatically protected by copyright as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium. Some countries also allow formal registration, which does typically carry a fee, but registration is not required for protection.
Yes, You can CopyRight a domain name for Free.... Just type "CopyRight a Name for Free" at the top of the page.... Choose wisely!
Using copyright-free materials is much cheaper and easier than negotiating for a license with the copyright holder of a protected work.
Free of copyright restrictions (generally speaking).
Text is not copyright-free unless it was created or published so long ago that the copyright has expired, or if the text does not qualify as having sufficient "creative work of original authorship" to trigger any copyright protection.
Free of copyright restrictions (generally speaking).
Images in the public domain, such as NASA imagery, would be copyright-free. People often use "copyright-free" to describe the millions of images on Flickr that carry Creative Commons licenses, but this is technically incorrect. The images are still protected by copyright, they simply have extraordinarily broad licenses that allow many uses without further permission.
Copyright protection is free and automatic, as soon as the work is fixed in a tangible medium.
In any country of the Berne Union (including the USA, Canada and all of Europe), copyright is completely free, instantaneous and automatic.
Copyright fees in the US range from $30 USD to $220 USD.
In most countries copyright is free, instantaneous and automatic.
You should always look for the copyright information. If there is none then you need to contact the author or owner of the material and ask them. Never assume. Most of the time though you'll see the license. It could be public domain, creative commons, copyright free, or copyrighted, etc, etc. Check the links below for copyright free resources.
There are dozens of websites that offer thousands of copyright free images that you can take. Some of these websites are, SXC, MorgueFile, FirstGov, StolkVault, and PicDrome.