| 1 | Perm Dude
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Sun, Mar 16, 2008, 13:37
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I would put copyright notices up at the bottom of every page to start.
With the US fully signed on to the Berne Convention, you don't need to register your copyright with the Copyright Office anymore. However, there is an advantage to doing so in that, if you successfully sue someone for intentionally stealing your copyright and there are damages involved, a work which is registered with the Copyright Office will allow you to collect triple damages.
Nowadays, copyright if considered a moral right (as opposed to a statutory right). Copyright exists by the fact that a creative work is in fixed form. Putting up a copyright notice will give notice that the work is protected, but doesn't change the nature of the work--you are still the owner of a creative work that enjoys copyright protection.
If you do decide to register the work, there are some forms to fill out and (I believe) there is a publication or brochure at the Copyright Office which explains the process. I'm about to head out for a few hours and can't look it up right now, but perhaps you might check at the Copyright Office under "Circulars and Brochures" and see they have some information that helps.
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