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harryismyhero:
Awesome! I knew living in the U.S. had perks!  :)

Thanks for the advice!

Mickey Finn:
Bear in mind, proving you did it first becomes a legal issue, and the best way to do it it to register it properly.
However, if you send it to a big publishing house, and you throw copyright info on there, it's a tad insulting to their ethics, suggesting that they might steal your manuscript.
You don't want any reason whatsoever to have them toss you out before they read enough of it to make a "proper" decision. They WANT to find good manuscripts in there, but there's so many in the pile that it doesn't take much to make them move over to the next one.

blue moon:
From what I understand, the "mail it to yourself and don't open it" thing won't stand up in court.  If you're really that concerned with someone walking off with your stuff, register it.

harryismyhero:

--- Quote from: Mickey Finn on July 15, 2006, 01:06:17 PM ---However, if you send it to a big publishing house, and you throw copyright info on there, it's a tad insulting to their ethics, suggesting that they might steal your manuscript.

--- End quote ---

Is there a way to submit a manuscript to a large company and not include my copyright info on it?


--- Quote from: blue moon on July 15, 2006, 02:09:06 PM ---From what I understand, the "mail it to yourself and don't open it" thing won't stand up in court.  If you're really that concerned with someone walking off with your stuff, register it.

--- End quote ---

Well, if (and this is a monstrously huge if) my novel actually became a big success, I'd want to be able to prove I'm the one who originally came up with the idea, in case someone claimed I'd stolen the idea from them. So how's the best way to go about copyrighting your novel? I've heard something about being able to do it through the U.S. Post Office?

I'm sorry if I'm asking a lot of stupid questions, but I just want to make sure I'm coming at this from the right angle, and that I don't screw up a really big chance that could've led to me getting published. Because that would make me cry.  :'(

blue moon:
Here's a website that answers questions about copyright and walks you through how to do it.  Assuming you're in the US, of course.

http://www.copyright.gov/

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