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Q&A What do I put on my copyright page when self-publishing?

Legally, in the US that page is unnecessary. Since April 1 1989 the copyright notice has become obsolete in the US and you no longer need to register your copyright. You automatically own the copy...

posted 9y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:27:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/18188
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:27:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
Legally, in the US that page is unnecessary.

Since April 1 1989 the copyright notice has become obsolete in the US and you no longer need to register your copyright. **You automatically own the copyright in your work upon creation.** Today, the sole purpose of the copyright notice is to tell anyone interested in using your content who they need to contact to ask for permission. Works without copyright notice are still copyrighted. The only difference is that you don't easily know by whom.

In the UK and German speaking countries, the publisher of the book must be given (so that that everyone knows whom to sue if the content is illegal). This "imprint" is not necessary in the US.

From a legal perspective, that page can be blank or contain whatever you please, without any disadvantage to you.

_This is what I learned from reading legal advice on the net. It may be wrong. So ask a lawyer. Doing business without legal advice is not recommended._

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-07-14T04:20:03Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 3