...and here's what I've found: copyright protection and the copyright itself, as I've previously stated, starts the moment you've applied your work in a tangible form. THIS COPYRIGHT PROTECTION EXTENDS TO THE INTERNET. In order to file for damages, one must file for copyright registration with the US Copyright Office, but you have to do this anyway. Still, according to my research, as soon as I type out my ideas, they are, unquestionably, immutably, undeniably, indestructibly copyrighted (that's one durable, little symbol) in paper, cyber or pixelated form. They are mine. I CAN sue to prove I own a piece. So, if I choose to publish chapters of the books Jenna wants me to write in Share Your Work and someone lifts them, and later, my authorship is called into question, I can point to the various versions of my work, all dated--such as at
www.epinions.com, and assert that they're mine.