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Question: When I want to get something copyrighted, what happens to the written material!?
Do I have to turn in my written material in to them or do they give a document seal, or what exactly happens!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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You must send the required copy or copies of the work to be registered!. Your copies will not be returned!. If you register online using eCO eService, you may attach an electronic copy of your deposit!. However, even if you register online, if the Library of Congress requires a hard-copy deposit of your work, you must send what the Library defines as the "best edition" of your work!. For further information, see Circular 7b, Best Edition of Published Copyrighted Works for the Collection of the Library of Congress, and Circular 7d, Mandatory Deposit of Copies or Phonorecords for the Library of Congress!. Upon their deposit in the Copyright Office, under sections 407 and 408 of the copyright law, all copies and identifying material, including those deposited in connection with claims that have been refused registration, are the property of the U!.S!. government!.
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