Hi, You are talking about copyright registration. Everything written that contains some degree of originality is protected by copyright and "is copyrighted" at the time is created. What copyright registration are gets you is the right to statuatory damages and attorney's fees out of a successful copyright lawsuit. Checkout my copyright site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/copyright1.htm and particularly my page on copyright infringement remedies at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/copyright13.htm I'm also made significant additions to my genealogy resources page at http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/html/genealogy_resources.htm Mike Goad At 08:03 AM 11/30/99 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Just a thought here... > >In all that has been said, and I may have missed this, but no one seems to >have mentioned the simple thing ... DID she SIGN her name on the application >for a copyright? If not, how is her name included in the copyright? > >All books I have copyrighted, required my signature on the application to >enable me to get the copyright ...even forgot to sign one, one time, and it >was returned to me for my signature. > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi