Copy rights

are they free? lol how do we get them ? cause before i start making my new forum i would like to know

Technically, you don't need to place a copyright as all your works have intangible rights.

dotDavid wrote:Technically, you don't need to place a copyright as all your works have intangible rights.

That's flat-out wrong! In order to assert your rights, you MUST place a copyright notice in your work. Otherwise, how would anyone know it's yours?

There's no need for actual registration unless your work is extremely valuable and you feel that you need the added legal protection.


© 2010 Dion Designs. All rights reserved.

You wanna bet?

Copyright isn't trademark. You must register a trademark, hence a protection is given, and you must let people know that.

Again I say, under the DMCA, any content unqiue to you and your account is already copyrighted. Copyright protection is granted automatically from the time an original work is created. Copyright is not a copyright notice. They are different. Copyright notice is what you are saying. Copyright is intangible, and cannot be altered in any way.

dotDavid I wouldn't do that if I was you. Dion knows what he is talking about. Trust me he does.

If you insist, but I can honestly say that I have the Australian government behind my back, as I have asked them myself.

All the OP needs to do is to stick a "copyright notice" on their works, not place a copyright.

And MM, I know what I am talking about.

I wrote:In order to assert your rights, you MUST place a copyright notice in your work. Otherwise, how would anyone know it's yours?

Then you wrote:All the OP needs to do is to stick a "copyright notice" on their works, not place a copyright.

I'm glad you agree with me.

Ok, yet you mentioned "That's flat-out wrong!".

Looks like we both knew, just said it in different ways.

so where can i get that copy right notice?

You can just say something similar to this "These images are protected through copyright laws.".