Copyrights of poems on a blog (Moved from Novels to Blogging)

You don't need a copyright. Everything you write automatically belongs to you. That is unless you've signed something saying otherwise.

I'd put a discreet copyright notice on the bottom of each page of your blog - if you haven't got one there already.

You can put a copyright notice on it...but it's not needed. You're good to go.

What does putting © on there do? Not much, except for stating the obvious -- you automatically have copyright. If someone wants to steal it, they still can, and you still have to track them down.

Just list the title, the byline, and be done with it.

Yep. That's what I do. No 'Alt 0 1 6 9' for me.

is it the same in poetry? is it considered published once it's on the web and impossible to sell to magazines then? ©

doesn't matter.

Oops...didn't get your post right. I thought if you were asking if it is copyright. If the magazine/site asks in their guidelines that it not be published...it means it can't be published anywhere.

Technically speaking if you post it online, it's published (at least "digital right" -- not sure about First North America). If you intend to get them published by a journal or lit mags, probably better not post them online.

thanks guys. dont know anything about publishing poetry so i wondered if it was the same.

KTC sorry that was me being a smart ass. i never knew how to do the copyright symbol before your post.

Yes. Don't publish online if you want to publish. Unless you are willing to look around and find publications that say previously published allowed. Or, you can try and get away with it...or remove it prior to submitting. Technically, though...it's a no.

Re Need suggestions on copyrights of my poems?

It is always necessary to protect your creative work in order to protect it from intellectual theft. There is a great online Copyright service that helps you secure and protect your creative material from plagiarism. You upload your original work and it is immediately time and date stamped to show the date of creation.

Hi, and

As far as I know the people who say you're good to go and don't need to do anything are right.

Since this has nothing to do with novels, and this subforum is for novel-specific posts, I'm moving the thread to blogging. I figure that's best since it's a blog/copyright question, but it might get moved on to poetry. So hold ontoyour hats, folks!