How do you copyright a document such as a television treatment?
It depends what country you’re in. (I do so wish that was shown on these profiles – would save people loads of time!) Anyway, copyright in the UK is covered by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act. This says that the copyright is vested in the creator of any work provided they have used ‘skill, creativity, labour and/or judgement’ to create it, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. That means the minute you create something, unless it’s in certain circumstances like at work, you own the copyright from the second you’ve finished creating the item Contrary to modern urban myth you do not have to do anything to register copyright. You DO have to register things like trademarks and patents for new inventions – they are covered by completely different laws. So you don’t have to do anything to copyright your work. It’s already your copyright Of course proving that you own copyright is another matter. One way to do this is to send it in a sealed envelope to yourself in the mail. Or e
