Copyrighting ebooks

by Roy Stedall-Humphryes
7th October 2012

Firstly, with regards to the self publishing of ebooks in the UK, is the ebook automatically copyrighted immediately it is published in an ebook form?

Secondly, what is the general view on protecting/restricting to use of one's ebook by DRM.

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Elvira - do you mean directly copying someone else's work? Then you wouldn't have written it. If you re-write another's book you'll might also struggle, depending on how closely you follow the original. If you use another's work for reference only, that'd be diifferent.

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What about if the contents are duplicated?

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And the 'c' on my keyboard is sticking. Sorry 'bout that :)

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