If I publish anything(say poems) online, on my website, can I claim it as mine or can anyone use it?
Do I need copyright, or is the fact that I published it on my website, proof enough?
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As long as you put a copyright symbol your name and the date I think technically its copyrighted and it belongs to you as that’s a warning and be sure to have proof if it is copied
Anything you write is instantly copyrighted. You can also register your work at the national copyright office, but this is really overkill for poems you are posting on your blog or whatever.
A good way to prove when you wrote something - in case someone else steals it and tries to insist you actually stole it from them - is to email the poem or story to yourself and save it in your email box with the sent-on date on it.
It depends on what copyright license you want to use. You can totally define it, however. You could use a Creative Commons license which can allow other people to copy your work if they give you credit, or you can just put something like “(c) 2009 [your name here]. All rights reserved.” Then they couldn’t even copy it.
You would definitely need to copyright it, or just put a copyright sign somewhere to daunt any not-too-bright potential material-stealers. Otherwise, people are likely to just copy and paste, and BAM! They get credit for your beautiful work. Plagiarism is a menace, so I suggest you keep your guard up, fellow author!