Securing a Copyright

[Michael A Crider]

What is the best way to secure a copyright for a web site?

[JeepOnRock]

Last I checked, you own the copyright upon creation. You may be able to bundle screenshots on a CD, and register the copyright with the Library of Congress. I know that for photos, it used to be $10 for a "body of work" and I knew photographers that would have a year's worth of work in that group.

Truthfully, I haven't paid attention lately.

BTW, putting a copyright notice on the page is NOT required, but a good idea.

[ericbadgley]

Becuase I wrote the content I put a copyright symbol on the bottom of all my pages.

[avonreal]

Last I checked, you own the copyright upon creation. You may be able to bundle screenshots on a CD, and register the copyright with the Library of Congress. I know that for photos, it used to be $10 for a "body of work" and I knew photographers that would have a year's worth of work in that group.

Truthfully, I haven't paid attention lately.

BTW, putting a copyright notice on the page is NOT required, but a good idea.

Spot on,
Also, your server logs the date on which the page was uploaded, not to mention search engines cache and date pages.

[NealRM]

Unless you designed the site or purchased the copyright you can't copyright it. If you wrote the text but placed it on a template site, you can only compyright the text portion.