Copyright Your Website Content
want to protect your website as a whole. However, for full protection you’ll also need to register individual blog posts, images, and any other media. The Copyright Office considers these to each be separate entities, so a copyright for your site may not fully protect posts or media files.
Fortunately, you can register collections of content, so you won’t have to file an application for each individual post and image on your site (that would be incredibly time-consuming). Still, you may want to go through your site and compile a detailed list of content to register.
Before you can fill out any forms, you’ll also need to generate hard copies of each piece of content you want to copyright. Even if you file your application electronically, it’s required that you also mail in a hard copy of your content to the Copyright Office.
The regulations also state that the hard copy should be the “best edition” of your work. So when printing your site’s pages, make sure the copies are of high-quality and accurately reflect what your site looks like. This will help ensure that your application is approved as quickly as possible.
