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Originally Posted by fireant911
My experience has been different here. You can indeed register a copyright even though it may not be required. The Copyright Office (within the Library of Congress) charges $45 for the electronic registration of a copyright. They took my money, cashed my checks, and sent me the copyright registrations! In fact, someone called me from that office during one of my applications to get some clarifying info.
I cannot speak to what protections are actually afforded by having an official copyright but it seemed, at least to me, having something official was better than nothing. I still mark my works with 'copyright © 20XX my-name_here'. This document details the registration process of cost for copyrighting: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ04.pdf |
That is my point and $45 is perfectly fine. Thank you for the attachment.