Hi Alex,

I found some interesting reading, as well as a video on "how to" for you.

Check it out:

How to Copyright a Book - wikiHow


Also check out this government source:

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

Hope this helped.

Cheers,

JMB

In the old days I was a playright and we used what we called the "poor mans copyright". Print the full document and mail it to yourself by certified mail.

Once you receive it, label it and file it away. DO NOT OPEN IT. If you ever need to prove when you wrote it you have an unopened certified letter with the date of mailing stamped and certified by the USPS.

That being said, I don't know if that would actually hold up in court

Generally, the more worried you are about content thieves the less you really need to be worried (those with no money fear getting ripped off the most)

Print the book out, and take it to a notary public, cost you $25.00 to have him/her sign off on the date, as well as any witnesses you have that can verify you wrote it (wife?)

But at the end of the day, the kid who steals it off of you won't be worth the trouble to fight the legal battle proving it is indeed yours. But having the documents will help prove your case to those who wonder who was the originating author.

It depends on how you're selling the ebook.
There are scripts out there that will add a unique license number to a pdf and generate a new pdf each time and tie it to a particular sale.

You start seeing many copies of a single number you know who is passing it out.

Just like there are scripts that will individualize reports with your name and links.

You own the copyright to your book/ebook the moment it is created. What people usually mean when they say the copyrighted their publication is that they registered their copyright at the Copyright Office which is a part of the Library of Congress. It costs $35 if you do it electronically with form eCO.

Watermarking, licensing keys... all that stuff--it may help prevent people from downloading or sharing files, but they have nothing to do with copyright protection or registration. You don't have to register your copyright. If you do there are advantages. You can't file suit against someone for infringing on your copyright until you register it. And by registering your copyright it will make it easier to recover court costs and possible statutory damages against an infringer.

I'm not a lawyer. This isn't legal advice--just from my experience. --Mike

to know who have share it .. make different copy and in each copy write one different word.. so there you can find who is sharing it
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