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#1 2011-01-16 01:29:26
Hello
This question is for anyone really, but should probably be answered by someone that has experience in copyrighting.. I am going into animation and am in my 1st year of college and (as some know) I have many characters of my own and would like to know how I should go about copyrighting my characters and my stories? Any help/advice is much appreciated! Thanks in advance~
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#2 2011-01-16 01:30:58
- Sunrise-Moon
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Re: Hello
I believe nearly everything is automatically copyrighted upon creation. You can make it official, though, by filing for copyright, though it costs around $35 per copyrighted thing (I think).
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#3 2011-01-16 01:44:42
- cheddargirl
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Re: Hello
Hey kris, what Sunrise-Moon said earlier kind of sums it up. The Berne Convention theoretically grants international copyright (in which a work is automatically copyrighted once it's published), but each country has its own copyright laws so it's worth into looking into the copyright laws in the country you live in.
There are some nice articles on devantART that break down copyright issues pretty well, maybe you might want to check them out:
http://news.deviantart.com/article/49814/
http://news.deviantart.com/article/140991/
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Your help is much appreciated~