How To Copyright a Logo, Song, Book, Poem, Artwork, Drawing, Educational Courses and Other Creative Work

HOW TO COPYRIGHT YOUR WORK

Protect My Work is the most trusted independent global copyright protection service, protecting original artistic, literary & dramatic works against copyright theft in the UK and across the world. We provide creators with protection for a wide range of creative work including logos, songs, lyrics, books, artwork, designs, photos, educational material , blogs & websites.

Copyright in most countries is an automatic legal right, but if you don't get your creative work certified by us, you will be exposed to thieves. Our certification is affordable, trusted & instant.

You can register your work at any time but is most effective before releasing your work into the public domain on social media and websites such as: Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, Instagram, Amazon, Etsy and eBay.

Copyright work registered with us receives a unique reference number with a date stamped digital certificate to prove your copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Set up originally by a group of designers to help protect the copyright on their work, we are proud to say we've been providing an effective copyright protection and deterrent service for our international base of subscribers across the world since 2004 and we are regularly recommended by solicitors and IP lawyers.

In addition to the UK and it's overseas territories, we have subscribers in the Republic of Ireland, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Iceland, and all of the EU countries (including Italy, Malta , Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Greece , Cyprus, The Netherlands), as our service provides automatic legal copyright proof in the 178 worldwide countries, who have all signed the international copyright treaty called The Berne Convention International Copyright Treaty.

As well as protecting the work in your own country, our copyright certification service should be valid copyright proof in all of these countries. They are all legally bound under international law to respect each other's automatic legal copyright. Please see below a full drop down list of signatory countries :

Source: World Intellectual Property Organisation, July 2017

A.Haley

I've been subscribing to Protect My Work for 3 years now and I find the service to be exceptional. So quick and easy to use and the one time I had to prove my work was protected, I was able to do so simply and effectively.
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Silvia R

Amazing provider to protect your designs I registered to record my candles designs and it has been absolutely effective. Thank you so much!
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J Hobson

I just wanted to let you know that I have great news now that I have Copyright on all of my products... My pet recovery collars were selling on Amazon in Australia, & my UK Patent & EUIPO reg Design weren't enough to take them off this site...but I had my Ace, my worldwide copyright & they are now off their site..... What a great tool to have & I am so pleased to have found your company! Many thanks J Hobson
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Graham from StrayDog Design

I had eBay sellers profiting from my work. Since registering with "Protect My Work" and notifying eBay, all offending listings have been removed.
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D Jones

A great way of protecting your work, I've used this service to have copycats removed from Amazon .
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S McCully

An excellent way to simply Copyright and protect you design, logo, image or design. It makes me mad why I have paid Hundreds of Pounds to Solicitors in the past. This has to be the simplest and most effective methd I have come across Excellent job Stephen McCully Technical Director NISIT International Ltd
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D Palmer

I've used protect my work since I published my first book 2016. I now have 18 publications and would not sleep at night without the protection of Protect My Work. I have been asked several times by AMAZON to prove ownership and the certificate is by far the simplest and acceptable way. You never know when or why you might have to prove your work is yours but I would rather not leave it to chance whether I can, it's my income I'm protecting, after all.
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AL

It is a simple, yet thorough system and I feel safe in the knowledge my work is protected. On the occasion where I needed to use the Protect My Work Certificate in a potentially awkward situation, when someone blatantly copied my work, it carried enough weight to resolve the issue amicably. I would recommend anyone who creates artwork for branding, to register with Protect My Work.
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J Wiley, Founder, National Lottery,USA LLC

Very good value for money, easy to use, and effective
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A Gibson

Best service available for those needing to add some legal protection to any original works, Intellectual Properties and ideas. Easy to use and intuitive at the same time.
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Day Music

Protect my Work.com is the only safe and trusted way that I choose to protect my work by copyright including lyrics and songs. It makes me feel safer in the knnowledge that my intellectual property has been logged and recorded by such a highly reputable and well established copyright company. So much care is given to protect and I know it's all taken care of with Protect My Work.com . Day Music https://daymusic.net/
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Christos A. Music Artist, Manager

As a professional musician and artist manager with a background in contracts, agreements, and copyright law, I was always looking for fast and trustworthy ways to register my work before share it with external partners. The reputation and customer service of ProtectMyWork, gave me the confidence to make them the first stop after each of my musical or screenwriting creations.
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Penny Rollitt

Now that my art work is protected I feel very relieved. Thank you so much for making it so affordable and easy to do. Penny
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Tommy Robinson

No more sleepless nights worrying about someone stealing years of my hard work. Delighted at finding Protect My Work and how easy the whole process has been. Thank you. www.oriondiscs.com
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J Medrano

This Site is Amazing! User friendly, well laid out design and appeal, easy steps to follow, done in less than 5 minutes.
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Wendy Hall

I have been with Protect My Work for nearly three years. It couldn't be simpler to create and add to your own work and ideas knowing they are safe with a simple link or email copy add when sending details. I thought it would be complicated, but I couldn''t have been more wrong. As a start up business, you don't always know if you're making the right decisions, but this is definitely one of them. You can check your work at any time knowing that its safely stored in certificates for you.
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WHAT WILL PROTECT MY WORK DO FOR ME?

If your work is being used without your permission, contact the other party and inform them your work has copyright protection and is protected with copyright using Protect My Work and ask them to stop. In the vast majority of cases this will end the use of your work.

Should the other party ignore your requests, you'll have the right to sue for damages in court. In this case, Protect My Work will swear an affidavit stating we received your work on such date and time. This means the burden of proof then falls to the other party to prove they created the work before that point in time.

Setting up a new business or company is both exciting and hard work. The unique artistic design of your logo is a fundamental part of the initial setup as this will become your brand and how your clients and customers will recognise you. It's important know how to obtain a copyright protection for your logo and your creative brand material such as your website design, website content, photos and advertising you may product for Facebook or Instagram.

The easiest way to confirm your ownership of copyright protection, under copyright law is to make sure you can prove that you designed the logo as well as the date and time it was created. Using a third party copyright service like Protect My Work makes this easy to do and you can add any more creative work to your account, keeping all of your work in one place, making it easy prove the originality of all of your work.

For song writers and those creating any musical work, knowing how to copyright a song is key to the protection of your intellectual property before you release your music to producers or the public. Copyright songs quickly and easily with Protect My Work which allows you to upload as many songs and lyrics as you want, keeping all your music in one central place.

Once your songs are registered they'll be assigned a unique reference number and a digital certificate is issued with the date, copyright owner and of course the music files. You can make recipients of your music aware that the work is copyrighted and protected with Protect My Work, which acts as a great deterrent to copyright theft.

REVIEWS

A.Haley

I've been subscribing to Protect My Work for 3 years now and I find the service to be exceptional. So quick and easy to use and the one time I had to prove my work was protected, I was able to do so simply and effectively.
Silvia R

Amazing provider to protect your designs I registered to record my candles designs and it has been absolutely effective. Thank you so much!
J Hobson

I just wanted to let you know that I have great news now that I have Copyright on all of my products... My pet recovery collars were selling on Amazon in Australia, & my UK Patent & EUIPO reg Design weren't enough to take them off this site...but I had my Ace, my worldwide copyright & they are now off their site..... What a great tool to have & I am so pleased to have found your company! Many thanks J Hobson
Graham from StrayDog Design

I had eBay sellers profiting from my work. Since registering with "Protect My Work" and notifying eBay, all offending listings have been removed.
D Jones

A great way of protecting your work, I've used this service to have copycats removed from Amazon .
S McCully

An excellent way to simply Copyright and protect you design, logo, image or design. It makes me mad why I have paid Hundreds of Pounds to Solicitors in the past. This has to be the simplest and most effective methd I have come across Excellent job Stephen McCully Technical Director NISIT International Ltd
D Palmer

I've used protect my work since I published my first book 2016. I now have 18 publications and would not sleep at night without the protection of Protect My Work. I have been asked several times by AMAZON to prove ownership and the certificate is by far the simplest and acceptable way. You never know when or why you might have to prove your work is yours but I would rather not leave it to chance whether I can, it's my income I'm protecting, after all.
AL

It is a simple, yet thorough system and I feel safe in the knowledge my work is protected. On the occasion where I needed to use the Protect My Work Certificate in a potentially awkward situation, when someone blatantly copied my work, it carried enough weight to resolve the issue amicably. I would recommend anyone who creates artwork for branding, to register with Protect My Work.
J Wiley, Founder, National Lottery,USA LLC

Very good value for money, easy to use, and effective
A Gibson

Best service available for those needing to add some legal protection to any original works, Intellectual Properties and ideas. Easy to use and intuitive at the same time.
Day Music

Protect my Work.com is the only safe and trusted way that I choose to protect my work by copyright including lyrics and songs. It makes me feel safer in the knnowledge that my intellectual property has been logged and recorded by such a highly reputable and well established copyright company. So much care is given to protect and I know it's all taken care of with Protect My Work.com . Day Music https://daymusic.net/
Christos A. Music Artist, Manager

As a professional musician and artist manager with a background in contracts, agreements, and copyright law, I was always looking for fast and trustworthy ways to register my work before share it with external partners. The reputation and customer service of ProtectMyWork, gave me the confidence to make them the first stop after each of my musical or screenwriting creations.
Penny Rollitt

Now that my art work is protected I feel very relieved. Thank you so much for making it so affordable and easy to do. Penny
Tommy Robinson

No more sleepless nights worrying about someone stealing years of my hard work. Delighted at finding Protect My Work and how easy the whole process has been. Thank you. www.oriondiscs.com
J Medrano

This Site is Amazing! User friendly, well laid out design and appeal, easy steps to follow, done in less than 5 minutes.
Wendy Hall

I have been with Protect My Work for nearly three years. It couldn't be simpler to create and add to your own work and ideas knowing they are safe with a simple link or email copy add when sending details. I thought it would be complicated, but I couldn''t have been more wrong. As a start up business, you don't always know if you're making the right decisions, but this is definitely one of them. You can check your work at any time knowing that its safely stored in certificates for you.
G Horner

I have only started using Protect My Work, but already I'm very impressed about how fast and effective they are at copyrighting my work. It is a simple process, too. It's also good to know that I can process future work in the same way at no extra cost!
G Iorio

I am a absolutely happy with the service provided.
Mr. K. Layne

Having experienced this copyright facility for the first time, I am very happy to have made my decision in using Protect My Work - the function to upload documents is seamless, the content of the site to assist users is clear and concise and the price to ensure governance over your cherished and protected ideas is very good for what your organisation offers. Keep up the good work as I will be using you now and the near future.
Oliver L

Great positive fast service. Easy to navigate and fast response. Happy to protect our work with you!
Ian Litchfield

No problem with your fast efficient service
M Isherwood

great simple service, no hassle and very effective way to protect your work. www.militaryveteransmcc.co.uk
Rick L

A very quick and easy way to safe-guard your work. I'm a pro muso, and this is by far the best site. Too many writers just pop their work into a self-addressed envelope, seal it and post it to themselves; and keeping it sealed when they receive it. And that's proof they 'registered' it? Don't think so! Do what we all do - use professionals
Tamara A

I just want to say thank you to Jonathan and the team, I had some issues at the beginning (all of my own fault) and even though he didn't have to, Jonathan worked very hard to help me put it all right. People who go above and beyond for others are what make this world a little better and I just wanted to say thank you publicly and give protectmywork.com 10 stars!!
Reacapp Productions Bahamas Limited

I am so grateful I found Protect my work,I had been doing the poor man's Copyright for many years and was beyond worried. Now that I am a member of Protect my work,I can sleep at night.
Jo Pedro Luis

Thank you for your amazing work!! This service is so easy to use!!
Saffron Waghorn

Hello, I found protectmywork very convenient and a quick easy way to protect my work and ideas from others. I have had plans, designs and work stolen and used in the past, without my permission. This is a sure, inexpensive way to protect all your hard work from people who would rather use yours than think for themselves. Thank you www.saffronwaghorn.co.uk
Jale

Very pleased with the service, easy to use and efficient.Fantastic and competent service, very happy.
Aaron Wood, Nerdversity 101

I found ProtectMyWork to be the best thing that's happened to me. The process is so smooth, all done online and via email, so no phone calls and being put on hold. It's so easy to protect work via email, just send what you need in the message, all protected within minutes. The other benefits would be the price and the fact you're protected in over 172 countries in the world and the fact you can protect anything from images to sites. I would highly recommend ProtectMyWork to all my professional friends.
Lorraine Abigail � Wolf Spirit

This was the first time I have had to copyright my material and I was so nervous. I was absolutely delighted with the clear, easy, and quick process for uploading my artwork. I am so relieved to have my artwork and information protected. Fabulous! Lorraine Abigail, www.wolfspiritguidance.com
Adam Zaatri

Protect My Work has given me piece of mind as I make my way into the professional world and do not want any doubt that my work is my own.
Liney Dampz

I am an upcoming Solo DJ & Music Producer And This Helps Alot And You May as well Take Advantage Of The Service By Mounting Your Own Song Artwork To Your Own Music Track & That's It, I Recommend To Any Upcomming Artists Who Don't Want To Take A Contract From A Record Label.
George Potter

Thank you so much for providing, instant incredibly useful access to gaining rights. Unfortunately I lost a battle in court after a large firm took my designs, but since gaining the protection for here I have been clear! George www.copenhagenclothing.com
H Dawson

Very quick service, I called up because I was confused and got a speedy and informative answer. Thanks
KRISTA BROWN

Easy to use & great reassurance knowing my work & brand is safely protected.
Michael ODowd

Wow what a very simple and straight forward process to help me protect my business I feel I can now rest easy knowing my hard work is protected !! Thanks & Best Regards Michael O' Dowd M&M Window Cleaning
Ezekiel Morris

It's fast, easy and safe to copyright your work with PMW especially when I'm promoting my work on the internet.
Roy Gaynor

I write complete original musicals, the storyline, lyrics, libretto and music and I have used Protect My Work to look after my copyright for a number of years. I find the service quick and easy to use and when I need any help the Protect My Work people are efficient and friendly.
Annette Chaudhry

a very professional service at a budget price where everybody can access their rights to copyright their work. Easy to use website features and downloadable logo and company website for protection and a professional look on my writing pieces. Fast and friendly service if have any questions need answered from the support team. They are cheap for £1 a token which I can upload multiple works. My work being registered on here has even made me be noticed from a publishing house and asked to use one of my poems in a poetry book with other creative writers from the UK.
Malcolm Nolan, Precious Poppies

Just to say a big thank you. I joined Protect My Work today, to protect my company's artwork,logo, pictures, and Design ideas. The process was quick & easy. There was a glitch with the change of password, but a member of the team responded very quickly & helpfully to address this matter. It was sorted out quicker than I imagined it would be, to their credit. I look forward to a long and fruitful business relationship with Protect My Work, & the staff. I would be more than happy to recommend them to possible future clients.
Kate Russell

Such a great site - easy to use and explains all the legal information simply and to the point. Very quick to use, once I have a design ready it takes a couple of minutes for me to get it protected! Definitely recommend for the peace of mind it gives.
Amy Foster

Easy process to follow; quick and simple. Provides peace of mind for a very good price. Would highly recommend.
Gareth Logan

I have 100% confidence that if I need to prove any of musical works being created by me that Protect my Work will be able to help with this in Court.
Anne Becker

I just wanted to say the service I received from you was excellent.
Dion, Moosejam Tactical Team

Immediately we opened an account and we never looked back. A great company with top customer support. We highly recommend PROTECT MY WORK for peace of mind and security of your venerable designs and data.
Kirsty Garbutt of Perfect Reasons

I cannot thank PMW enough - in particular Jonathan who answered all of my questions and believe me when I say questions I mean every topic relevant to my work imaginable. He was polite, helpful, courteous and friendly which put my mind at ease. He made the whole process smooth and easy. I am so pleased I found PMW as now my work now has a legal footpath and for us little people, its a weight off ones shoulders. Many thanks once again to PMW and Jonathan. A Happy Customer
B West,Home Security Surveys UK

Having spent many hours writing down my years experience in Crime Prevention and then three months correlating it all into a readable format for publication I was concerned about my work being copied & reproduced by all and sundry. Then I came across Protect my Work website & it all became clear and simple. My work was uploaded and protected in less than ten minutes. I have more than enough to do without worrying about my work being copied without my permission. My thanks to Protect my Work, Peace of mind in less than 10 minutes & very reasonable fees.
Caroline Parke

I highly recommend Protect my Work, after searching for who to depend on to protect my pics and poetry, I now have peace of mind. Staff are very friendly and extremely helpful. Great value for money. Quick and easy steps, help at hand. Fantastic site.
Freddy James, The Freddy James Band.

I found the whole team involved very professional and gave excellent rates. This is a real piece of mind knowing that all back catalogues of my work and current are protected from copying and unauthorised use. Highly recommend them to anyone who writes and records their own material.
Chris Levee

I have been placing material on Protect My Work for over a year now and think its not only tremendous value to anyone, but the service is incredible, the features that can be used are brilliant and the security is top class, anything I have registered I know is secure yet I can direct anyone to my work without being compromised in any way. I can also add protection logo's to my work as I regularly print out material and present it, not only is the protection vividly apparent but looks as it is, very professional. Protect My Work .. A big thumbs up
Dottie G

Safe to copyright your works with PMW, I design, write & crochet my own patterns.Excellent service, keep up the good work PMW!!
James Ivan

Fantastic, simply & cost effective way of protecting your work. An absolute must for ALL who create. Highly recommended!
Grigor Carstairs

Most excellent copyright service, very important that copyrights are handled efficiently and without fuss, a first class service, and pleasant, professional to deal with.
Diane Jennings

very good service, peace of mind for any artist or the like and a very easy to use website.. have used the site for many years now with no problems at all..
Charleen Armitage

Really love this website' great affordable price and easy to get around ' great customer service ' very happy ,thank you
Round One Gym

Great service, I copyright my company logo and branding material with PMW. Instant peace of mind. I highly recommend
Phil Spurgin

Excellent facility for protecting my music. Fast, economic and easy.
Anthony Shuster

Straightforward, consistent service. I've been using it for a number of years now, very satisfied with what they provide.
Gian Galeazzo Ganzarolli

The service is efficient and does what it promises
Adam Bennie

Very straightforward fast efficlient service
George Carson

Excellent service. So easy to use.
Jake McRae

Quick, easy, fair protection
Kristi Reed

Very pleased! Such a fast and easy way to protect the copyright of my photos!
Queen Lizifah

Very good site, reasonable price and very reliable!
MrCentury007

Great product would highly recommend to all.
Csaba Marko

Excellent service. Very good customer service. Thank you guys!!!
Zaryab Khan

The way it's been done so far has been really simple and very effective it's a great way of protecting what you have worked for and I would recommend this too all my friends. Thank you once again for all your help. Zaryab Khan www.zedk.co.uk

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HOW TO COPYRIGHT YOUR WORK

A.Haley

Silvia R

J Hobson

Graham from StrayDog Design

D Jones

S McCully

D Palmer

AL

J Wiley, Founder, National Lottery,USA LLC

A Gibson

Day Music

Christos A. Music Artist, Manager

Penny Rollitt

Tommy Robinson

J Medrano

Wendy Hall

G Horner

G Iorio

Mr. K. Layne

Oliver L

Ian Litchfield

M Isherwood

Rick L

Tamara A

Reacapp Productions Bahamas Limited

Jo Pedro Luis

Saffron Waghorn

Jale

Aaron Wood, Nerdversity 101

Lorraine Abigail � Wolf Spirit

Adam Zaatri

Liney Dampz

George Potter

H Dawson

KRISTA BROWN

Michael ODowd

Ezekiel Morris

Roy Gaynor

Annette Chaudhry

Malcolm Nolan, Precious Poppies

Kate Russell

Amy Foster

Gareth Logan

Anne Becker

Dion, Moosejam Tactical Team

Kirsty Garbutt of Perfect Reasons

B West,Home Security Surveys UK

Caroline Parke

Freddy James, The Freddy James Band.

Chris Levee

Dottie G

James Ivan

Grigor Carstairs

Diane Jennings

Charleen Armitage

Round One Gym

Phil Spurgin

Anthony Shuster

Gian Galeazzo Ganzarolli

Adam Bennie

George Carson

Jake McRae

Kristi Reed

Queen Lizifah

MrCentury007

Csaba Marko

Zaryab Khan

Anne Becker

James Ivan

Amy Foster

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