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WHAT WE OFFER
Protect My Work witnesses ownership and copyright of your creative work. In the event your work is used without your permission, we act as an extremely reliable witness, helping to remove copycats and copyright thieves. The most important factor in a copyright dispute is being able to prove the date and authorship of your work. Protect My Work keeps a secure copy of your work, the date and time it was registered and immediately generates a digital certificate with unique reference number, helping our members fight cases of copyright infringement and the removal of copycats.
Choosing a Copyright Service - Red Flags
FAKE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS
Copyright services claiming to be UK based with thousands of members should be registered for VAT with HM Customs and have a VAT number. If they're not charging VAT, they're a scam company and your work is not secure. Protect My Work VAT number: GB314 5665 07.
NO REVIEWS
Companies without any public reviews lack transparency and are hiding problems with their service.
VERIFY COMPANY HISTORY
When choosing a copyright service, one of the most important factors is reliability and longevity of your chosen provider. The single most important factor in any copyright dispute is to be able to prove the creation date of your work.
If your work is witnessed by a copyright service that goes out of business, they'll no longer exist as a witness, thus your proof-of-date is void.
Since founding Protect My Work in 2002, twelve copyright service companies have gone out of business. As part of due diligence checks, verify how long a company has been in business, using Companies House.
ONE-OFF PAYMENT
One-off payments are convenient but for some businesses it can leave them vulnerable. This includes copyright services. Paying a one-off-fee to a company to hold your valuable work for the rest of your life is extremely risky. If they don't continuously find new customers to cover their costs and overheads, they will go out of business.
Protect My Work charges a small annual fee to ensure that we're able to offer unparalleled support by phone and email and ensure our service remains reliable, up-to-date and secure for the future.
CONTACT BY PHONE
Ensure you can contact your chosen copyright service by phone. Any business that can't be contacted by phone runs a high risk of being a scam.
Contact Protect My Work: +44 0208 133 3487
(09:00 - 17:00 GMT, Monday to Friday)
WORDPRESS TEMPLATE SITES
Many other copyright service websites use Wordpress templates, developed cheaply off-shore, which are open to security vulnerabilities, especially if not kept up-to-date. Protect My Works' website is a bespoke website built for purpose using the highest levels of security and backups.
SIGN UP & UPLOAD
Easy & quick registration process, then either upload or email your files directly to our secure vault.
EMAIL CONFIRMATION
We will confirm by email every successful submission received.
EMAIL CONFIRMATION
We will confirm by email to you every successful submission we receive.
UNIQUE REFERENCE NUMBERS
All work is given a unique reference number, a digital certificate and confirmed by email. Work is available in your Member Area for easy future reference.
SEARCHING FOR WORK
In the event that you're asked to for proof of your copyright, provide the unique reference number and password to a third-party. They can then use our search form to verify your digital certificate, date and time of registration and the associated work files.
SEARCHING FOR WORK
In the event that you're asked to for proof of your copyright, provide the unique reference number and password to a third-party. They can then use our search form to verify your digital certificate, date and time of registration and the associated work files.
124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom. Company Registered in England & Wales No. 04358873
HMRC vat registration number 314 5665 07
Email: support@protectmywork.com