[cc-community] Beginner's question: copy of the manuscript?
jliss at speakeasy.net
jliss at speakeasy.net
Thu Sep 28 18:24:51 EDT 2006
I hope you all will forgive a beginner-level question.
I have finished a novella and I want to share it online. It may grow into something greater and more (traditionally) publishable later, but for now I just want friends and those with interest who stumble on it to be able to read it without having to worry about my intellectual property being misused.
But, when I applied for my CC license, all I got was a piece of HTML containing the title of my novella and its date. Do I not send an electronic copy of the text to CC like I would if registering the work with the Library of Congress? If someone were to steal my ideas or text, how would I prove that they had been copyrighted with you? Under the LoC case, they would assumedly dig out my manuscript, look at it, and say, “Yep, you stole this from this guy all right.”
I’m sure my question illustrates my ignorance of some basic issues here, but if someone would please enlighten me as to why I should feel all right using CC instead of sending a hard copy (and my $20) to Washington? I trust that CC is well founded but can’t understand why they don’t want a copy of what they are issuing a copyright for. Is this covered by placing a detailed precis under "Description of the work" (I only entered "Science-fiction novella".)
Thank you,
Jeff
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