Copyright is automatic. An original, creative work receives protection upon creation in a tangible medium. Nevertheless the following is recommended:
Make sure the work is properly identified by a Copyright Notice ie:
Name
Date created
© on the work or the word such as “copyright” is necessary
Make sure that you keep proper records since it is the author who has to bring evidence in case of a dispute
Send the Copyright Notice through the REGISTERED Mail to yourself and keep the letter sealed.
For ease of reference, keep the envelope marked to indicate what you have inside the envelope
Keep an index and be the keeper of your own records
Only the Courts should open this envelope in case of litigation
Should you open this envelope in error or because you have forgotten, put the old envelope into a new one, as proof of date.
Although the copyright is automatic, you are advised to put the “Notice” on the virtual, tangible thing one looks at AND
If it is a CD one can put it orally on the CD itself.
November 6, 2003
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