Hi Bobo, you have to do two things to copyright your product.
First, you have to display the copyright symbol in a place where your
users will see it.
Second, you have to be able to prove you were the first person in the
world to have a copy of the program/software (thus implying you had to
be the creator.) You can do this easily by putting a copy on a cd and
sending the cd in an envelope to yourself. The stamped date will act as
proof of when you had it and leaving the envelope unopened will make
sure its undeniable that the cd inside was in your possesion all that
time. If it comes to it nobody else will be able to prove they had a
copy before you did. You win.
There is no other way I know of as there is no copyright register.
Hope this helps,
Steve
Bobo wrote:
Does anyone have experience with copywriting a program? I'm working on
a program that I want to protect somewhat. It's more the finished idea
than the source code but that too.
Do I need to see some legal people or is there a cookie cutter resource
available from the web to save me time and money?