icepics wrote: It seems better to use the copyright symbol if you have registered the photo to copyright it. If you took the photo you own the copyright without registering it, but if there's a violation it should be better to have it copyrighted (registered) if you need to pursue the violation.
I wouldn't use the C logo if I hadn't registered it because I think what that symbol means is that the photo was registered for copyright.
Jeffster wrote: Here's a good link that you'll want to get friendly with: www.copyright.gov
icepics wrote: I'm posting what I've read or learned or what I think. People can look up and check out info. themselves to be sure about it; it's not like any of us are probably copyright experts. I was referring to copyright in the US, I don't about how it is in other countries.
I thought the copyright symbol was used to show that a work was registered but I'm probably thinking of works I've seen that show the symbol and the name which may have been copyrighted some time ago.
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