What is copyright , do i need it? how do i get it?

Question by matt goldstrum: What is copyright , do i need it? how do i get it?
Hey, im founder of a new animation movie Business as some gamers would know as ” machinima ” and we are making movies.
But our works take tons of time and effort so we don’t want people re-uploading our videos without permission.

For this i have been suggested to get our works copyrighted, i barely know anything about this so i need the know the following facts.

. What is copyright?
. How do we benefit from copyright?
. How do we get copyright?

Best answer:

Answer by john h
copyright is what protects your work. you automatically have copy right buts to sue you have to file for copyright

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