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There are three basic requirements for copyright protection: that which is to be protected must be a work of authorship; it must be original; and it must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression. What is a work of authorship?

But don't wait until you've completely registered your copyright to publish the book. The copyrighting process takes 6-13 months to completely register, and that means dollars lost if you don't sell books in that time frame. Of course, your book is copyrighted the moment you write it.

Mandatory deposit (17 U.S.C. section 407) requires the owner of copyright or the exclusive right of distribution to deposit in the Copyright Office for the use of the Library of Congress two complete copies of the best edition within 3 months after a work is published.

In general, all you need to do is create a work of authorship and write it down or otherwise record it somewhere. This will automatically create copyright protections. In theory, you do not need to own the original copy in order to own the copyright.

« Back to FAQs Is it necessary to copyright my songs? Registering your copyrights is not required but it is highly recommended since doing so will give you certain protection under copyright law in case you need to sue someone for using your song without your permission.

After you file your application and receive a diary number you have to wait for a mandatory period of 30 days so that no objection is filed in the Copyright office against your claim that particular work is created by you.

Amazon does not require you to include a copyright page. If you would like your book to have a copyright page, you must incorporate it into your content file.