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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kage Sama, post: 246114, member: 8875&quot;]<b><i>(A Bit off topic . . .bear with me)</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, you don&#039;t have to apply for copyright through the Library of Congress to copyright your words/thoughs/music, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s considered copyrighted the instant you put it on paper, type it on a computer or put it on a tape/CD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just because something is on the internet, it&#039;s not in the public domain.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want a registered copyright, you have to go through the LoC.&nbsp; A registered copyright is easier to defend in a suit, but not registering it doesn&#039;t invalidate the copyright.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I send in a manuscript to a publisher, he pays for the registered copyright, not me, but it&#039;s still copyrighted in my name (unless I&#039;m doing work for hire, which is a whole &#039;nother subject).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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