Anyone know how to copyright a piece of literature in the uk?

Question

Anyone know how to copyright a piece of literature in the uk?

Answer 1

When an idea is set down on paper, the person who has produced it automatically owns the copyright. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/whatis/whatis-copy...

Answer 2

The easiest way is to ail it to yourself under registered mail and leave it sealed. If you wanted to publish it on a blog, that's dated too

Answer 3

Copyright is implicit. If you've written something you automatically own the copyright to it.    

Answer 4

In 163 countries copyright exists the moment you make something original, like a book.

The problem is when someone rips you off and then you have to prove that the copyright was yours and not someone elses. It's not good enough to have a dated version on your own or a friends computer because you could easily alter that. Also, sending it to yourself in a marked envelope won't work because it's so easily forged that it would never stand up in court. It has to be independent.

You can upload them to a special webpage and they fingerprint them and record the time you uploaded. This means that you have an independent record showing when you made it. No one will be able to argue with that! :)

I use a service called http://www.provemycopyright.com because you get 1Gb of space to upload lots of your work, even if they are in demo or draft formats.

Hope it helps