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Information about Copyright

Copyright is a statement of ownership. Just as it wrong to take someone's stuff without permission it is wrong to use someone's materials without permission. As the laws concerning copyright issues develop there is an increasing transition moving from civil law to criminal law.

In the past copyright issues were a matter of civil law suits. That is where one party sues the other party. Increasingly because of international law, copyright issues are moving into criminal law. In some cases now copyright violation is now a crime. It is prosecuted by the "State" just as stealing is. In some cases, copyright violation is a "federal" offence.

Protecting your Copyright The most important thing we want you to do is to protect your copyright.
Before you submit your manuscript please make sure that you have done the following:

1. Make sure that the first page in your document is a "Title" page.
This should contain:

A.    The "Title" of the work.
B.    If you ever produced the manuscript under a different name place those names in (parentheses) under the current title.
C.    A Statement of: "written by" or "by" or "authored by". Any of these will do. But, make sure you state that you wrote the manuscript.
D.    Then place your name or of the names of the authors. These should be written the same way you place them on the copyright page.

2. The second page should be the "Copyright" page.
This should contain:

A.    The "copyright" statement. It should look like this: Copyright © (The year the manuscript was first written) (a space) (Then your name as you want your published name to appear.)
It should look like this: Copyright © 2003, Yousis The Author

B.    The on the next line, under the ©, year, and your name write the following: All Rights Reserved.

Your copyright statement should look like this:

Copyright © 2003, Yousis The Author
All Rights Reserved.

C.    If you have quoted Bible verses from a copyrighted version of the Bible, include a note that you have quoted from the version of the Bible and give information about the copyright holder.

If you desire to can go a step further and Register your Copyright with the US Goverment, the cost is $30.USD
http://www.copyright.gov/forms/formtxi.pdf

Copyright of Translated IPS Materials

If you translate a manuscript from IPS you need to keep the copyright the same. Even though a work is translated into a different language it is still the work of the original writer.

The copyright statement should still be written in English.
Any restriction that is written on the copyright page should be included in English or the translated language.
You may include the phrase: Translated by (Name(s) of person(s) who did the translation) on the copyright page.

If you adapt a manuscript from IPS you need to keep the copyright the same.

The copyright statement should still be written in English.
The line under the copyright should be blank.
You may add the line: Adapted by (Name of person who did the adaptation) after the blank line
Any restriction that is written on the copyright page should be included in English or the translated language.
You may include the phrase: Translated by (Name(s) of person(s) who did the translation) on the copyright page.

If you wrote a new work based on an IPS manuscript:

You may copyright the new work under the name of the author of the new work.
Include a blank line
Include the phrase: Based on the work (give the title of the IPS manuscript) It should be underlined.
The next line should include the phrase: Written by (Name of the author of the original work)
Then on the next line give the complete copyright statement of the original IPS work.