How do I Copy Right a Poem

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How do I Copy Right a Poem

Answer 1

I like Srikant J's answer, but he left out one thing--get the poem published. Once it is published, it almost always copyrighted by the journal, and if it's not, then it will be out there already.

But why would you want to copyright a poem? There's no need for it. It looks very amateurish to do so, as well. If you sent a copyrighted poem to a journal, they would send it right back.

If you are worried about someone stealing your poem, then, well, you should be so lucky. Poetry thievery is very rare, and it is usually only done from previously published poems in books or journals.

So again, there is no real need to ever copyright a poem.

Answer 2

Normally a poem once written by somebody is already his and he or she automatically holds its copyright till life.

However there is a very simple way to register two or more poems at one go on web itself by paying a very small amout of fee :

India Copyright Office   www.Copyright-India.com      Register your copyright by Notary Validity for Lifetime from 6.50 $

Search ResultsU.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Registration of PoetryFactsheet on copyright registration of poetry. ... Unpublished collections of two or more poems may be submitted for registration on a single form with a ...

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U.S. Copyright Office - Online Services (eCO: Electronic Copyright ...These paper forms are not accessible on the Copyright Office website; however, staff will send them to you by postal mail upon request. ...

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