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RE: A question regarding copyright
Ok. forgive my ignorance but does that fall under one of the copyright acts? also how do you prove that you were the original content creator?
Ok. forgive my ignorance but does that fall under one of the copyright acts? also how do you prove that you were the original content creator?
"Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device."
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#mywork
Unless you specify otherwise or there is something in the terms for the website/contest/whatever it is assumed you retain full copyright of your work. On Flickr they give you the option of changing the copyright license from all rights reserved to something else where you give other people the rights to do certain things with your image.
I'm not sure about proving that you are the original author or how you would go about proving that.
i think if you could prove that you made the original story before the copyright troll or whatever claimed the work your fine. you ISP might be the best bet in that situation.