Copyright

author of any work has legal copyright, when it is written down, or drawn, or printed out...


you can''t copyright and idea, you can patent it, if it''s totally different then anything ever done before..

and as for a title.. you trademark it.. not copyright it.

If you are worried about someon stealing your idea there are 2 ways to copywrite it.

1. Mail a copy to yourself and DON''T OPEN it. The post office will date it and it will automatically be copywritten.

2. If you don''t mind spending some money, hire a lawyer to sit with you as you read out your game idea and he takes notes. It''ll cost 150 to 200 dollars but it''s worth it.

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Original post by MMORPGer
1. Mail a copy to yourself and DON''T OPEN it. The post office will date it and it will automatically be copywritten.

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FYI- This old mailing a copy to yourself copyright will not actually copyright what you want. It will give evidence of it existing before and therefore cannot be copyrighted by anyone else, but people can still use whatever you mailed to yourself in whatever way they want without paying you anything.