Copyrights - how do I do it?

All of your images are already copyrighted. As soon as you take a photo, you are automatically the copyright holder. So unless you sign some sort of agreement where you give your rights to someone else, your images are copyrighted. If you want, you can file a copyright for extra protection. I believe this costs around $75 per image. And all that does is makes it easier for you to prove that you created the image in court. You do not NEED to do this since your images are already copyrighted. Other ways you can protect your images is by adding a watermark. Also, add copyright information in the meta data of your images. This can also help prove that you're the copyright holder and can let others know that your images are copyrighted. Make sure you read all of the terms and conditions to any website you submit your photos to! Some sites (like Facebook for example) have a rights grab clause in their TOS agreements, so when you join the website you agree that any photos you submit are owned by that site!

Hi Mare73, You can go to www.myfreecopyright.com and there you will be able to make a copyright for your photos. Always remember that anytime you take a photo of something it belongs to you, therefore, you are the owner of that photo. However, with so much evil in the world today. If you want to publish your photos or videos on the web it is a good idea to copyright them. Then there is a record so if you see that one of your photos has been copied then you can send an email to that person immediatley and they are to stop and deceist then. And if you ahve to sue them myfreecopyright.com will make you a copy of your copyright to take to court with you showing that the photos, all of the photos that you took and will take in the future are copyrighted. Does this make since? I hope so.