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Website Copyright
Category: Computers > Internet Asked by: mach2-ga List Price: $30.00 |
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07 Jan 2004 23:14 PST
Expires: 06 Feb 2004 23:14 PST Question ID: 294326 |
I need to register my entire site with the copyright office. I understand that normal registration will take over a year. So, please don't privide basic info. I need to know the quickest way to obtain copyright certificate for my site. I'm willing to pay extra fees to copyright my site ASAP. Where and how can I do this? Also, Can I obtain copyright for the previous version of the site? |
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Re: Website Copyright
Answered By: majortom-ga on 08 Jan 2004 06:39 PST |
According to the U.S. Copyright Office, the normal time required to register copyright is approximately five months. The contents of your web site are considered a "literary work" for copyright purposes according to U.S. Copyright Office web site, as cited here: U.S. Copyright Office - Literary Works Registration http://www.copyright.gov/register/literary.html The standard fee for registration is $30. See the above page for complete details of what you must include in your application. Expedited handling is also available for a fee of $580, over and above the standard fee of $30. Applicants "must provide a letter that answers the question, 'why is there an urgent need for special handling?'" which must cite one of these three circumstances, as stated on the U.S. Copyright Office web site: 1. Pending or prospective litigation. 2. Customs matters. 3. Contract or publishing deadlines. The U.S. Copyright Office web site states that such expedited applications are typically processed within 5 days but does not guarantee that they will be. Complete information on expedited applications is found in Circular 10 of the U.S. Copyright Office, as cited below: U.S. Copyright Office, Information Circular 10 http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ10.html |
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Re: Website Copyright
From: sparky4ca-ga on 07 Jan 2004 23:20 PST |
I know you don't want basic infomation, but please keep in mind that anything you create, is automatically copyrighted. You don't even have to display the copyright symbol. Registering your copyright just gives you added benfit if you have to sue someone for infringement. sparky4ca |
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Re: Website Copyright
From: anujji-ga on 08 Jan 2004 00:18 PST |
I do want to know about the charges of copywriting any website content. |
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Re: Website Copyright
From: mach2-ga on 08 Jan 2004 01:00 PST |
sparky4ca-ga. Bingo. That is my intent. When you create a site from scratch, it is automatically copyrighted. But when another site copies your content, you may contact them and have them to stop infringing. That's all you can do. When words don't seem to have any effect, it's time to take action, but without copyrighted site, you can't sue. |
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Re: Website Copyright
From: ipfan-ga on 08 Jan 2004 13:32 PST |
Just to add a few observations: the others are correct that you own a copyright in the website as soon as you "reduce it to a tangible medium," i.e., write the html (or whatever) code and store it on a hard drive, CD, DVD, whatever. Aso soon as those pages exist in that fashion, ther person who wrote the code and placed it on the tangible medium (the author) owns a copyright. You must, however, REGISTER, the copyright before you can sue for copyright infringment. See 17 U.S.C. Section 412 (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/17/chapters/4/sections/section_412.html) In terms of registereing the site, you might find Circular 66 helpful. See http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.html. You should also know that copyright registration is effective as of the date a complete, correct applciaiton plus the correct fee is recieved by the Copyright Office. you do not need to wait until the certificate actually issue, whoch can take several months. so, ofr example, if you sent in your copyright registration application, deposit copy and check byt USPS next-day mail and ordered delivery confirmation, the date that it was received is the effective date of registrationa nd you could go an file a copyright infringment lawsuit on that basis. Then, when you get the actual certificate, you can show ti to the court and tot he defnednat to prove that you have it. http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.html |
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Re: Website Copyright
From: ipfan-ga on 08 Jan 2004 13:33 PST |
Please ignore that comment--it was a draft--a final will follow in a minute. |
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Re: Website Copyright
From: ipfan-ga on 08 Jan 2004 13:40 PST |
Just to add a few observations: the others are correct that you own a copyright in the website as soon as you "reduce it to a tangible medium," i.e., write the html (or whatever) code and store it on a hard drive, CD, DVD, whatever. Also soon as those pages exist in that fashion, the person who wrote the code and placed it on the tangible medium (the author) owns a copyright. You must, however, REGISTER, the copyright before you can sue for copyright infringement. See 17 U.S.C. Section 412 (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/17/chapters/4/sections/section_412.html) In terms of registering the site, you might find Circular 66 helpful. See http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.html. You should also know that copyright registration is effective as of the date a complete, correct application plus the correct fee is received by the Copyright Office. You do not need to wait until the certificate actually issues, which can take several months. So, for example, if you sent in your copyright registration application, deposit copy and check by USPS next-day mail and ordered delivery confirmation, the date that it was received is the effective date of registration and you could go and file a copyright infringement lawsuit on that basis. Then, when you get the actual certificate, you can show it to the court and to the defendant to prove that you have it. Also, as to Internet content specifically, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gives you a weapon to use against infringers short of actually having a registered copyright and short of filing a lawsuit. See 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c)(3) at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=17&sec=512. Using this process, you can send a take down notice to the web host on whose servers the infringing content resides and they have to remove it (subject to some procedural requirements). |
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