Copyright

[aeturner89]

Alright I see quite a bit of forums with copyright notices on the bottom but I've wondered are they really copyrighted? Does anyone know how to get their forum/website copyrighted?

[HMBeaty]

<a href="http://www.directlegal.com/" target="_blank">http://www.directlegal.com/</a>

actually, the copyright you see on the bottom of the forums are the copyrights of the software the site use... not the copyright on the site itself... (or it is a © that was added depending on licensings)

[aeturner89]

No I'm not talking about the vB copyright.

Thanks Redlinemotorsports. Exactly what I was looking for.

[TruthElixirX]

Actually, in the U.S., your work is copyrighted the moment you create it.

Now if you want to go about selling it and such its different. Also, trademarks are different from copyright.

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/fa...al.html#mywork

This is the U.S. though.

[bashy]

These are for the UK, and aint cheap lol

Trademarks - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm.htm
Copyrights - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/copy.htm

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by bashy

These are for the UK, and aint cheap lol

Not sure what you mean by that ?

There is no official registration system for copyright in the United Kingdom (UK) and most other parts of the world. There are no forms to fill in and no fees to pay to get copyright protection.

So long as you have created a work that qualifies for copyright protection, that is it falls into one of the categories of material protected by copyright, you will have copyright protection without having to do anything to establish this. It is a requirement of various international conventions on copyright that copyright should be automatic with no need to register.

[bashy]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Not sure what you mean by that ?

I was actually referring to the trademarking that was mentioned!
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-applying/t-costtime.htm