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Xanga copyrighing
If i want to put a poem in my xanga, how do i make it copyrighted to no one can copy and paste,there are so many people who pass by i'd never know if someone came by and claimed it as theirs.
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put a copyright symbol. if your working on freewebs, the whole site already has a copyright at the bottom.
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sorry alls you do is add a simple code from any code site like you add layouts that diasbles right clicks
thanks for the 1! its not my fault that you cant copy and paste
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It's copyright as soon as your write it. However, there is very little that you can do to keep someone from stealing your work once it is published on the internet. The fact that taking your poem is illegal will stop few people who really want to use it as their own.
Unfortunately, your best options are to put it on the internet stating that it is copyright and accepting that some people might try to use it as thier own; or keep not put it on the Internet at all.
As a side note, most people will respect your work, and will not try to take it. Hope that helped!
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Whenever you write ANYTHING it is, by default, copyrighted.
But so are all songs, and we all know how easy THOSE are to steal. On the plus side, people are probably less likely to steal your poem then a top-40 song. :D
There are a few things you can do to increase your protection:
1. You can put an actual copyright statement on the poem, or the page that it's on. Do this by writing "Copyright (year) (your name)".
So if I wanted to put a copyright statement on this post, I'd put:
Copyright 2005 TheOldOne
Of course, you should use your real name. And the statement MUST be clearly visible.
Instead of "Copyright", you can use the copyright symbol, which is a "c" in a circle. That's available in most fonts. However, please note that putting a "c" in parentheses like this (c) is NOT the same thing, and is NOT a valid copyright statement!
If you're really feeling paranoid, you can actually register your poem with the US copyright office: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
That costs $30 per item you copyright. But please note that the ONLY thing you get from that is a better case if you take a copyright infringer to court. Legally, your work is automatically copyrighted to you as soon as you create it, and you don't need to register it to protect yourself.
You could also take a technical approach to protect your work, of course. For example, put it into Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or higher with maximum security settings. Those security settings are very hard to beat.
If you don't have Acrobat, you could use Adobe's online conversion service (a free trial is available): [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Alternatively, you could turn the poem into a graphic and post it that way. The search engines couldn't capture the text, and people wouldn't be able to copy & paste except in the form of the original graphic.
But in the end, if you want people to be able to READ your poem there will *always* be a way for someone to steal it. There's no way to stop someone from reading it and then writing their own copy by hand, for example.
Good luck!
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copyright.com but it costs money to copyright something
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