Why You Should Copyright Your Work

In this day and age of copy cat plagiarism one can never be too careful and yet we see it all the time, authors or website owners fail to put up that implied little Copyright Symbol. Some say it will not do any good and maybe they are right and yet without it, your work is as good as gone. Whether or not you publish your work in a print medium, video format or on the Internet you need to make sure that you get credit for it and the best way to do that is to make sure that it is copyrighted.

Recently we have seen many new entrants into the eBook Markets and they sell their work online, yet often they do not put a copyright symbol on it. Some are hoping for the best surely and putting trust into a non-trustworthy species; humans. This is unwise because humans are intrinsically prone to copying, imitating and thus the saying; Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Indeed, but nevertheless play it smart and protect your work, do it and you will be glad you did.

As an author of sorts I have seen my work in other places with someone else’s name on it. Imagine how I felt, watching someone take credit for something they basically lifted off my website, without even bothering to change a word and then putting their own name on it instead? Personally I feel sorry for them, because that seems like a really ethically challenged person to me. But consider all this in 2006 and use that copyright symbol often.

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Lance Winslow, a retired entrepreneur, adventurer, modern day philosopher and perpetual tourist.

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