subject: How to republish Public Domain works? [print this page] Now there is some good question being frequently asked by lots of people, " Should I apply for putting copyright law on my work?" The answer will be one has used to register for putting copyright protection in their works. But after 1978, that is no longer the case. Now all you have to do is let people know that your work is copyrighted by you. It not a technical requirement for now in order to publish and republish some works to be published in the public domain. Because technically speaking as for now, registering one's work for copyright protection is optional. For those people who in not satisfied unless they put extra protection on their works then the copyright notice is always there to hand you their service.
