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Have you ever had someone tell you about the poor man’s copyright? This is where you place your intellectual properties (songs, poems, manuscripts etc.) in an envelope and mail it to yourself. By doing so, the U.S. Postal Service’s postmark establishes a date of authorship. Some may even get their materials notarized to establish date of authorship. However, both of these methods are flawed and will not hold up in court. The only way to litigate for copyright infringement is to have your works registered with the Library of Congress, via copyright. This is the necessary protection recognized by the courts.
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