Post by Rosa on Sept 22, 2003 10:15:00 GMT -5
www.whatiscopyright.org/ is a wonderful site that answers most questions about copyright protection. Please visit this site so you can learn how to protect your work before sending it out.
It basically states that once you write something and add the copyright symbol © your work it is protected (to place the © symbol on Microsoft Word documents click on ‘insert’ then on ‘symbol’ look for © and double click on it). Here is a quote from this site: www.whatiscopyright.org/
“Copyright protection begins when any of the above described work is actually created and fixed in a tangible form. For example, my brother is a musician and he lives in the United States. When he writes new lyrics, he prints them out on paper, signs his name at the bottom with the Copyright © symbol to show that he is the author, places it in an envelope and mails it to himself without opening it. His copyright begins at the moment he puts his idea in a tangible form by printing the lyrics out on paper. He creates proof when he mails it to himself - the postmark establishes the date of creation. He then registers his copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office which is a requirement in order to sue for monetary damages should a violation of his copyright arise. However, if somebody copies and redistributes his lyrics without permission before his copyright is registered, he still has the right to assert a copyright claim as the true author.”
Copywriting your material in this manner is the bare essentials to protecting your work. Remember if you mail your material to yourself do not open the letter or package. If you open it there is no way to prove your original mailed script wasn’t replaced by you or others at a later date. A sealed envelope proves your work is original and the date on the unopened envelope verifies when this work was completed.
www.whatiscopyright.org/ quotes “Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention)”. The “Berne Convention” is the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne, Switzerland, on September 9, 1886, and all acts, protocols, and revisions thereto. You can read. “Copyright Law of the United States of America” at: www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#101
Registering your scripts with the U.S. Copyright Office can be found at this site: www.copyright.gov/register/ it costs $30 US.
Registering your scripts with WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) can be found at: www.wga.org/ it costs $20 US or $10 US for WGA members in good standing.
Remember:
COPYRIGHT! COPYRIGHT! COPYRIGHT!
DISCLAIMER: THIS WEB SITE IN NO WAY ENDORSES ANY OF THE POSTS LISTED. YOU INQUIRE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BECAREFUL OF SENDING OUT YOUR INFORMATION AND OR SCRIPTS. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU COPYRIGHT AND OR REGISTER ALL OF YOUR WRITING MATERIALS BEFORE POSTING THEM OR RESPONDING TO A POST. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE AGENCIES OR INDIVIDUALS LISTED HERE PLEASE INFORM US. ENJOY THE BOARDS.
It basically states that once you write something and add the copyright symbol © your work it is protected (to place the © symbol on Microsoft Word documents click on ‘insert’ then on ‘symbol’ look for © and double click on it). Here is a quote from this site: www.whatiscopyright.org/
“Copyright protection begins when any of the above described work is actually created and fixed in a tangible form. For example, my brother is a musician and he lives in the United States. When he writes new lyrics, he prints them out on paper, signs his name at the bottom with the Copyright © symbol to show that he is the author, places it in an envelope and mails it to himself without opening it. His copyright begins at the moment he puts his idea in a tangible form by printing the lyrics out on paper. He creates proof when he mails it to himself - the postmark establishes the date of creation. He then registers his copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office which is a requirement in order to sue for monetary damages should a violation of his copyright arise. However, if somebody copies and redistributes his lyrics without permission before his copyright is registered, he still has the right to assert a copyright claim as the true author.”
Copywriting your material in this manner is the bare essentials to protecting your work. Remember if you mail your material to yourself do not open the letter or package. If you open it there is no way to prove your original mailed script wasn’t replaced by you or others at a later date. A sealed envelope proves your work is original and the date on the unopened envelope verifies when this work was completed.
www.whatiscopyright.org/ quotes “Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention)”. The “Berne Convention” is the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne, Switzerland, on September 9, 1886, and all acts, protocols, and revisions thereto. You can read. “Copyright Law of the United States of America” at: www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#101
Registering your scripts with the U.S. Copyright Office can be found at this site: www.copyright.gov/register/ it costs $30 US.
Registering your scripts with WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) can be found at: www.wga.org/ it costs $20 US or $10 US for WGA members in good standing.
Remember:
COPYRIGHT! COPYRIGHT! COPYRIGHT!
DISCLAIMER: THIS WEB SITE IN NO WAY ENDORSES ANY OF THE POSTS LISTED. YOU INQUIRE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BECAREFUL OF SENDING OUT YOUR INFORMATION AND OR SCRIPTS. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU COPYRIGHT AND OR REGISTER ALL OF YOUR WRITING MATERIALS BEFORE POSTING THEM OR RESPONDING TO A POST. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE AGENCIES OR INDIVIDUALS LISTED HERE PLEASE INFORM US. ENJOY THE BOARDS.