In the USA and more than 160 other countries of the Berne Union, the answer is that no copyright notice is necessary.
This has been the law in the USA since 1989, meaning that things published prior to that, by US authors in the USA, were required to have copyright "notice", whether using the word "copyright", "copr." or the copyright symbol, followed by the publication date, followed by the name of the copyright owners.
Laws for Copyright notice in other countries may vary.
In the US, since copyright law was amended in 1989, it has not been necessary to display a copyright notice for protection.
No. With copyright, you should assume something IS protected, until you have evidence to say otherwise. Copyright applies to something as soon as it is fixed in a tangible form. No (C) symbol is needed.
Not since 1978.
No, everything on the web is not copyrighted. You have to claim copyright by placing a copyright symbol or getting a license claiming it's protected.
Certainly! Any information that a person puts out can be copyrighted. All it takes is a declaration that it is copyrighted to preserve the rights. Just place the following on the page or document: Copyright (or the copyright symbol) 2009 (year), Aggie80 (Holder of the copyright)
No; copyright protection is not available for short phrases such as titles.
The copyright symbol is used to protect original works like books, music, and art, while the trademark symbol is used to protect brand names, logos, and slogans. Copyright protects creative works, while trademarks protect brand identity.
The copyright symbol is used to showed that something is copyrighted, or protected from use. The copyright symbol was created by the United States of America, in 1909.
You can copyright it - just by putting the copyright symbol (a circle with a C inside) on your poem with the date. Like --> Mary Jones(symbol here)2008. Otherwise it's around $10.
Three things are needed: # The copyright symbol or the word Copyrighted # The name of the copyright holder, usually your name, but could be an organization of company # The year the copyright begins.
Prince's former symbol is not copyrighted or trademarked; you are free to use it if you have some use for it. Prince himself no longer uses it.
Generally the copyright symbol does not appear with the name (as it would for a trademark); it usually appears at the bottom of the first page, with the year of copyright and the rightsholders name. For example, see the bottom of this page.