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Do I need to copyright my website and how?

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I have a website which is very nearly finished and aim to use it for affiliate marketing as well as getting revenue from adverts, I will be uploading a lot of original content ie it's a satire news website and all the stories on there will be written by myself and two others.

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  1. Actually, the copyright is legally yours if it's your original content. At the bottom of each page, put Copyright (The year here) (Author here)


  2. In 163 countries copyright exists the moment you make something original, like a song, a photo or some original text on your website.

    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. It has to be independent.

    You can upload your text in a text file 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! :)

    One such service as was suggested by somebody elese was the USPTO, but this costs about $40 for every piece you want to copyright and takes about 3-6 months.

    I use a service called http://www.provemycopyright.com because you get 1Gb of space to upload lots of different material. When you write something new, you can just upload that one too and it doesn't cost you anything extra. It is also totally webbased and automatic so it works straight away.

    Hope it helps

  3. You actually need to go to the US copyright office's website (obviously if you live in the US), and read through their stuff about web complications. You have to send in the form that they have posted there (snail mail), as currently there is now online submission.

    I think the fee is like $45.

  4. If you don;t want anyone stealing anything and taking it for their own, yes you should copyright it.

    http://flashrights.com/getcopyright.htm
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