Under the Berne copyright convention, which almost all major nations have signed, every creative work is copyrighted the moment it is fixed in tangible form.

No notice is necessary, though it helps legal cases. No registration is necessary, though it's needed later to sue.

The copyright lasts until 70 years after the author dies. Facts and ideas can't be copyrighted, only expressions of creative effort.

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