After you establish your rights to work, you must then prove amount of monetary damages caused by theft. That requires that you provide evidence of sales revenue that you lost and revenue received by thief for your work.

The best protection for your work can can be achieved by registering it with U.S. Copyright Office. You will be required to provide a sample or photograph of your work with your application along with a $20 fee. It may take six months or more before registration takes effect. The U.S. Copyright Office will then keep copy of your work in storage for five years.

If legal action is required against a thief of your work, U.S. Copyright Office registration is almost indisputable proof of your rights to work. Registration also allows you to recover legal costs in addition to lost revenue.

For more information, visit U.S. Copyright Office Web site at http://www.loc.gov/copyright/ . Download publication "Copyright Basics"

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