There is no requirement to register a copyright or to display a copyright notice for a work to be protected. Copyright protection is automatic, as soon as a work of sufficient originality is "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device".
However if you want or need the additional protection a formally registered copyright can provide, contact the copyright office in your country for the proper procedure and applicable fees.
Copyright notices became totally optional for all works (except sound recordings) created after 1988 once the U.S. became a member of the Berne Union. However, for those who choose to put a copyright notice on a work, there is a recommended method.
In the United States, a copyright notice consists of three elements:
1. the letter c in a circle © symbol (in some cases (c) is substituted), the word "Copyright" or abbreviation "Copr."; for a sound recording it's the letter P in a circle
2. the first year of publication; and
3. the owner of the copyright, either by name, abbreviation, or other designation.
In most cases, at the bottom of the first page/image, followed by the year and the name of the copyright holder. Published books have a separate page for copyright information, and photographers may choose to put such information in the metadata of a digital file.
It is okay to use copyrighted material
You can optionally use the symbol any time you are the author of the work. You MUST use the copyright symbol if you are making a copy of any work that has the copyright symbol upon it.
The copyright symbol can be placed anywhere on a work.
It was discussed in 1906, and codified in the US Copyright Act 1909.
If you rely on your creative works to make a living, you need copyright all the time.
It was discussed during the 1906 testimony of the Copyright Conference in New York, and codified in the Copyright Act 1909. It was adopted internationally in 1952.
The copyright symbol was introduced in 1909. It was introduced to place on written works to protect the content from being taken by others and used as their own work.
None. you wouldn't copyright the copyright symbol, you would trademark it.
All over the place--there's one at the bottom of this page.
The copyright symbol consists of a C in a circle has become a widely recognised symbol. The copyright symbol was first used in section 18 of the 1909 American Copyright Act.
The law has changed and the copyright symbol is no longer needed to insure the protection of the copyright owner. The symbol for copyright is: ©
do you place the symbol and the date as well as your name, on the bottom of the last page in your body of work? One the first page of your body of work? Where on a Powerpoint Presentation do you place this information?
it means copyright it's the symbol for copyright
The copyright symbol looks like a lower case c with a circle around it. ©
The artist is concerned with protecting his or her copyright.
Although it is not required for protection, the copyright symbol is a way to denote the copyright year and rightsholder of a work, such as at the bottom of this page, where it says "Copyright (c) 2011 Answers Corporation."
copyright symbol is c with circle ©
A c in parenthesis generally autocorrects to the copyright symbol. This can be stopped in the "Options" menu.