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Copyright Notice Update Reminder

by attorneyjaffe
3 replies
Dear Friends,

Wishing you a Healthy and Happy New Year.

Don't forget to update your web site's copyright notice to include the New Year, if you are creating new content this year. If you continue to publish content from prior years, you'll want to include those prior years too. For example, you might update "Copyright © 2006-2010 YourCompanyName, Inc." to "Copyright © 2006-2011 YourCompanyName, Inc."
#copyright #notice #reminder #update
  • Profile picture of the author LB
    Sure...but that doesn't really have any bearing on whether or not a work is copyrighted or whether or not it can be enforced.

    Or is there something else I'm missing?
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    • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
      LB, you're not missing anything. It just helps to remind people of the copyright - especially those believing in a couple of the urban legends you touch on (no copyright if no date, or no enforcement if no date).

      I use php in my web pages to automatically update for the current year to avoid a hassle of doing it manually.

      This code:

      PHP Code:
      <?php echo date('Y'); ?>
      To make sure this works in .html and not just .php pages, I have this line in my .htaccess code (this might be specific to HostGator hosting and php5, but will give you a good start on what is needed)

      HTML Code:
      AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .htm .html
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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
    If your site says (c) 2006 and there have been no changes to the content since 2006 then the copyright date is 2006.

    However, online people like to update copyright dates to make it look like their sites are current ;-)

    With today's laws your content is copyrighted the minute you create it. No copyright notice is required. Additional penalties may be obtained in case of copyright infringement if you register your copyright. But registered or not if you create and publish the work... you own the copyright.
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