How to Make a Copyright Page
- 1). Determine where to place the copyright page. In books and other print publications, the copyright page usually appears on the page following the title page. See Copyright Office Circular #3, "Copyright Notice," for other acceptable placements in print and other formats.
- 2). Insert a blank page in the work's word processing or desktop publishing document at the place where you want the copyright page to appear. This page will be your copyright page.
- 3). Draft a copyright notice by inserting the copyright symbol © onto the copyright page or typing "Copyright" or "Copr." Type a space and then the name of the work's copyright owner, which can be a person or a company, and the date of the work's publication. For example, "© John Doe 2010" would be a legal copyright notice.
- 4). Add a reserved rights warning. Although not required for copyright protection, stating on the copyright page that all rights for the work have been reserved informs potential infringers about the legal effect of a copyright. For example, a basic clause could read: "All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form without the permission in writing from the copyright owner." This language usually appears immediately beneath the copyright notice.
- 5). Add contact information to make it easier for those seeking permission to use text from the work to get in touch with the copyright owner. Contact information often appears on the top of a copyright page, above the copyright notice.
- 6). Add publishing information. A copyright page often contains information related to the work's publication. For example, a book's copyright page usually provides its International Standard Book Number and its Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication data, as well as credits for copyrighted photos and copyrighted text used in the work by permission. A book's copyright page can also provide the country in which the book was printed, information on the paper used to manufacture the book and the book's publishing history, particularly if it's a translation or a subsequent edition of a previous work. Publishing information usually appears at the bottom of a copyright page.
- 7). Add optional information. Acknowledgments, dedications and other items that may not fit elsewhere in a work sometimes appear on a copyright page.
- 8). Save the document to preserve the copyright page.
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