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Writing

SheilaT

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3. Once you actually write the words down, you own the copyright.

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 02:05 AM

Jun 2013

It is a mark of an amateur to put a copyright notice on anything you're sending out to agents or editors. Once something is accepted, the actual publisher usually copyrights officially, usually in your own name.

Worrying that others will steal your work is not worth expending any energy on. Really.

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AFAIK there is no cost. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1

Once you actually write the words down, you own the copyright. SheilaT Jun 2013 #3

You don't even need to publish. SheilaT Jun 2013 #5

That's what I meant, actually. You publishing it on the web or in a record establishes it. nolabear Jun 2013 #6

Writer's of the Future SheilaT Jun 2013 #7

Best of luck. It's a Brave New World! nolabear Jun 2013 #8

The "Copyright" symbol on a manuscript is a sure sign of an amateur mainer Jun 2013 #9