Copyright Question: Writing Style

The Comicbook Kid · 11-16-2007, 02:39 PM

Hello, first time poster here.

Copyright question here, on the writing style for Registering the copyright for a comicbook series.

Can you register the copyright as a comic series proposal?….Or can you only register it as a story for a comic series.

I’d prefer to write it as proposal, if that’s possible.
Be glad if you could answer this or point me to a good site?

The Comicbook Kid

**Buckyrig** · 11-16-2007, 02:44 PM

I suppose you can register whatever you like, but that is what you are protecting. What is on the paper.

There is a special form for serial work and you still have to register each installment individually I believe.

I also suppose you could write a story specifically for laying out the particulars of a world and group of characters in order to attempt to protect them, but a lot of that comes down to distinctness and whatever the courts will allow you.

And someone's gonna post the link to the government's copyright website in a minute I'm sure. Thats' where you should go. Everything here is just people on a message board yaking.

The Comicbook Kid · 11-16-2007, 02:54 PM

I've been doing my research on that site today lol.

I found this page there and I'm trying to get my head around it. (Brain not function good with this um law stuff

)

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ44.html

If anyone can break it down for me…it would make my day!

Anyway thanks for the info Buckyrig!

11-16-2007, 02:39 PM	#1
The Comicbook Kid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2	Copyright Question: Writing Style Hello, first time poster here. Copyright question here, on the writing style for Registering the copyright for a comicbook series. Can you register the copyright as a comic series proposal?….Or can you only register it as a story for a comic series. I’d prefer to write it as proposal, if that’s possible. Be glad if you could answer this or point me to a good site? The Comicbook Kid

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11-16-2007, 02:44 PM	#2
Buckyrig I Coulda Had a VH Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Steve Buscemi's Couch Posts: 11,457	I suppose you can register whatever you like, but that is what you are protecting. What is on the paper. There is a special form for serial work and you still have to register each installment individually I believe. I also suppose you could write a story specifically for laying out the particulars of a world and group of characters in order to attempt to protect them, but a lot of that comes down to distinctness and whatever the courts will allow you. And someone's gonna post the link to the government's copyright website in a minute I'm sure. Thats' where you should go. Everything here is just people on a message board yaking.

11-16-2007, 02:54 PM	#3
The Comicbook Kid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2	I've been doing my research on that site today lol. I found this page there and I'm trying to get my head around it. (Brain not function good with this um law stuff ) http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ44.html If anyone can break it down for me…it would make my day! Anyway thanks for the info Buckyrig!