Copyright protection is automatic under Canadian and international law from the moment of creation of work, provided that the work meets these three criteria: 1) The work must be original. 2) It must be fixed in a somewhat permanent material [...]

The law grants you copyright protection automatically upon the creation of your work. Your work need not be completed to be protected! You own the copyright on your work as you create it. No publication or registration or other action [...]

Every good word processor today gives you access to important characters that do not appear on the keyboard. They are called ANSI and ASCII character sets. To get the © character make sure the “Num Lock” key on the right-hand [...]

Your work is copyrighted as soon as you say it is. IE: Copyright, 2008 Ron Pramschufer means Ron Pramschufer owns the copyright. The copyright symbol also works. You can formally file for the copyright through the US Copyright office. This [...]