COPYRIGHT
What does a notice consist of?
If you follow these guidelines below, this would give your copyright notice the following appearance: Copyright C 1993-2006 Future Perfect
What does a notice consist of?
1
Copyright
Some countries will not accept the symbol alone, they also require the word Copyright to appear in order to consider the notice valid. Using the word ensures that there can be no confusion.
2
°©
The normally recognised symbol. Most countries across the world accept this as the correct manner of displaying copyright.
3
Year of publication
In case of a dispute of ownership of a work, the date plays an important part. If your work was developed and published before any
potential opponents then you can usually expect to win any case which challenges your rights.
In the case of work which is continually updated, (for example a web site), the year of publication may be shown as a period from
first publication until the most recent update, (i.e. 2000-2004)
4
Copyright owner's name
This may only be one person, or it may be a collective, a band, group or team for example.
If there is one person who owns the rights to a work, then his/her name will appear on its own. If however, your work is owned by
several people then you may choose to include the name of each member of the collective, or include the name of the collective
itself.
More InfoMatthew Male
Future Perfect - improving written communications