Manga Copywrighting (scues bad spelling ^_^')

Konnichiwa,
Me and my boyfriend are part of a group called Project Blowfish. We produce manga. I am the artist, inker, character design and colourist (thats alot) and he is the story board, story line and CG artist and computer compiler. ^_^. I am a bit worried about putting the manga we have produced up on the net (1st ever manga produced by project blowfish yey) I was wondering if its possible to copy right it? Anyone know how we might do that??. Any help is appreciated. thanks :catgirl:

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It should be. I'm not versed in the specifics, but a very easy way to prove that you own certain characters and concepts is to make copies of the character sketches and the outline of the plot, any relevant locations or ideas, etc, put all that in a self-addressed envelope and mail it to yourself. Keep it sealed. If you should ever need to prove that the characters and concepts are yours, you'll have a dated, unopened envelope containing proof. Anyone claiming your concepts would have to prove they came up with them before the date stamped on the envelope by the post office.

If you want something more official than that, you might check on a search engine like Google, or at a library - they should have a lot of resources for copyrighting.

 

SInce I just noticed that you live in the UK I would have said what you would do if in America. But I assume that there is a copy-right office in your capital that you have to send a little bit of money to and thus it is your copy-right. Well research it but that is what they would do in America

 

According to the law (in the US) you hold a copyright to something as soon as it is down in tangible form. You don't have to sign any papers or pay any money, but going through an official agency to secure a written copyright will help you in court should you ever need to go because someone is stealing your creative work(s).

The envelope thing is a decent suggestion, but I don't know how well it holds up these days. *shrugs* I'm sorry I can't be more helpful.

~Shadrach Anki

 

Hey, browsing through the main page and noticed this intersting topic. Acutally it's very very easy to Copyright. A lot easier than trademarking ( a lot easier). Now, since I live in Canada, it may be a little different (but it shouldn't be to different). Now, when I first went to copyright (way back about a year from today!!) I didn't really think things through like I should've.

FIrstof: The free way. Mark your work with a (C) (ex: Something (C) 2004 Creative Publishing). Now granted, if somebody already copyrighted the same thing, this could be unlawful. Thats why it's good to do a check first. Although if you check it yourself, you could miss something. Be sure to remeber to mail yourself what your want copyrighted (if you ever have to fight in court that you created whatever it was first, the date on the package should prove you right).

Secondly: The non-free way. :anime: Down here in the greeat white north, it costs $60-$65 (I can't remeber) to copyright. Your fill in a form (That goes to Literal,artistic,dramatic, and music. ALthough I may have missed one). Be sure to check your Intellectual Property Office. But after the form is filled out. They check it, send it back to you. And your get to find out if it was approved or not.

For the record, mine was not approved. I made a stupid mistake regarding the type of work it was, and they also said they didn't recieve the payment. But that was way back when I started Creative Publishing, and I've learned a lot from it. ANyway, hope this was some help. Later