Understanding Copyright and how to protect your Creation

We give here some basic information about understanding copyright and how to protect your creation by using - ©DateIt - to register and protect yourself for free.

You have automatic copyright of your work or creation at the time of writing it down or otherwise recording it.
This assumes that it is not copied from the work of another person.

The duration of the copyright is for the lifetime of the author plus a further period (this depends on the country the author lives in, and the type of work being copyrighted). You should check this out locally in your own country.

Copyright is not a simple matter - it varies from country to country - and can be quite complex. You should obtain information from the internet, use it, and use it wisely.

You do not have to use the copyright symbol ©, but if you do decide to use it, then you might consider the following format :-

If you then publish your creation with the copyright notice included, via - ©DateIt -, then this will show to the world that on the day of submission to - ©DateIt -, you have registered your claim to copyright of your material, work or creation.

Whatever you have created, provided that it is an original piece if work, (whether you are an author, poet, lyricist, or any other type of writer, inventor, musician, photographer, designer, web designer, artist, graphic artist, advertising designer, movie maker, logo creator, - .... , the list is endless), then you should consider having your original work or creation copyright protected via - ©DateIt - at least.

Protecting your work or creation via - ©DateIt - gives you a unique and distinct advantage over other forms of registration. - ©DateIt - allocates a moment in time - identified by a time stamp - at the time of you hitting the Submit button at the end of your submission. This is the time (based on Greenwich Mean Time - GMT) of your submission. No two submissions can have the same time.