Question for amateur / pro writers on Wrestlecrap!

[Avalanche Alvarez]

Okay, so I finished my first book a little over a year ago and got it copywritten through the Library of Congress.
My computer got fried.
I have revisions.
So I'm re-writing it and I wondered:

Is the re-write still copywritten or do I have to copyright this story?
It's primarily the same story, with some punched up dialogue and a few changes made to the story itself.
Same characters though.

Any help won't just be appreciated, it will be welcomed.

[Jay Peas 42]

Let's go back. You have a Copy right, you only register it with LOC. You don't have to do that at all, actually. Just put somewhere in the document, the copyright belongs to You, date 2009, and you should be fine. A copyright is a registration of previously existing rights. It helps in court cases if your rights are violated, but you only need to register, in most cases, if you are looking to publish.
Please see www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

[Dr. Marzvon Zombie M.D.]

Jan 9, 2009 18:30:15 GMT -5 Jay Peas 42 said:

Let's go back. You have a Copy right, you only register it with LOC. You don't have to do that at all, actually. Just put somewhere in the document, the copyright belongs to You, date 2009, and you should be fine. A copyright is a registration of previously existing rights. It helps in court cases if your rights are violated, but you only need to register, in most cases, if you are looking to publish.
Please see www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

I always copyright, just incase someone tries to take my ideas....i'm looking at you disney!!!! shakes fist!!!!

[Gobbledy Demon]

When you had it copyrighted they kept a copy right? If so you can write or call them and tell them you need a copy of the original material, if you want to rewrite it then you'll have to send in the revisions and update your original copyright