Well. With the upcoming launch of my own site, I have to start thinking about copyright. I just wondered what I'm allowed to write... Could I for example write : All right reserved and that would be surficient? Or would I need more? I'd appreciate any help! :) Thanks. - thomas

Last I heard from a site about copyright issues, you don't need to put anything to have your work copyrighted. That's the theory. But in practice, if you want to write something, then you need to have the word 'copyright' and the symbol '(c)' (& 169 ; in HTML code) to make it valid. So it should look like : Copyright %169; 2003 by Thomas Krahn. All rights reserved.

oops: replace '%' by '&' Copyright &169; 2003 by Thomas Krahn. All rights reserved

Great.. thanks :) Is this really all?

You automatically have copyright over anything you create. The only problem is proving that you did create something, a large copyright message might suffice but it really doesn't matter what the wording is. I would suggest the wording you already mentioned, plus post the picture here so you have an upload date you can claim.

Usually when we create a website ('we' mean the company), We do something similar to what agiel said. What I would suggest is little bit more work ... for example - "Last Updated Sept 29th, 2011. (c) 2003-2011 @ Thomas Krahn. All rights reserved." >>>HTML code is as agiel said "&169" for (c) And if possible add "water marks" in your every pictures or at least a signature underneathe the pictures. Given the artistic quality of your pictures, it's well worth getting the water mark done in them. :-) Looking forward to see your website Thomas.

Another cool thing you can do with HTML is use the ALT tag within your IMG tag. This causes the copyright notice to appear for a couple of seconds when the viewer's cursor hovers over an image. For example:

img src="images/vue_render.jpg" alt="&169; 2003 xoconostle"

(I had to remove the required < carats > so that the code would appear here.)

The viewer will see "(c) 2003 xoconostle" when they "mouseover," except it will be the real copyright symbol, not the parentheical simulation I used.

I like this method because it's discreet, but of course there's nothing wrong with putting an overt copyright disclaimer somewhere on your site as well.

Attached Link: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

Attached Link: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#noc

wow.. thanks a lot everyone :) You've been a GREAT help! - Thomas I've added : Copyright (c) 2003 by Thomas Krahn. All rights reserved. I guess that should be it :) - Thomas

Just a quick note to remind/inform peeps that rosity has its own copyright forum with loads of useful links in the various posts. Look forward to seeing your site when it's finished.