copyright sign

[potterfan3]

is the copyright sign copyrighted?????????

[Hgrove]

You do not "copyright" a sign (as in "to copyright", transitive verb).  You may register a trademark.  But as far as copyright is concerned, once you have given expression to your idea (for ex. committed it to paper if it is writing or a design) then it is automatically protected by copyright.

[helghast]

does that mean that all the doodles and crap that i've written in notebooks is copyrighted?! including what i'm writing now!!!!!!!!

[Kev_UK]

I would say that the copyright sign cannot be copyrighted or the registered (put after a name to signify a trade mark). I know that inventions have something called a patent.  I don't know if simply added a symbol make something copyright or if it has to be registered with somewhere.

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[BillyBB]

I would regard it like a symbol such as an arrow. You can use it freely on any original document.