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Disclaimer: MyCopyVault is not an official or legal entity, it’s a tool for depositing a record of your creative work in a database so that the time of depositing and the proof of your work can be retrieved at a later time.

Creating something original is a magical experience. Whether it’s a story, artwork, video clip, or audio, pouring your heart and soul into a creative project is an incredibly rewarding feeling. And once you’ve finished your masterpiece, you’re eager to share it with the world.

But before you hit publish, or share it in another way with third parties. it’s important to take steps to protect your new creation. In today’s digital age, it’s easier than ever for people to copy and distribute creative work without permission. However, copyright law gives creators the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, adapt, and publicly display their work. This means that you have control over how your work is used, and you can generate income from it. These works are described as intellectual property, being creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; symbols, names, and images used in commerce.

There are several things you can do to protect your creative work, such as:

• Registering your copyright: This gives you a public record of your ownership of the work, and it makes it easier to pursue legal action if your work is infringed.
• Using digital rights management (DRM) technologies: DRM can be used to restrict how your work is copied and distributed.
• Watermarking your work: This involves adding a visible or invisible mark to your work to indicate your ownership.
• Using a Creative Commons license: This allows you to specify how your work can be used, while still retaining your copyright.

By taking steps to protect your creative work, you can ensure that you are rewarded for your efforts and that your work is preserved for future generations to enjoy.
Now this is all quite laborious and could be overkill for most of the cases.

As soon as you create a work, you own the copyright to it. This is generally recognized around the world. The problem arises when you need to prove that you were the first. A non-working method (The Poor Man’s Copyright) involves mailing yourself a copy of your work, keeping the sealed envelope or box, and then supposedly using the postmark as proof of copyright of the contents. A similar approach is emailing your work to yourself and using the email date as proof, but this can easily be forged.
Simply having proof of the date of your earlier work is often deemed sufficient proof of your ownership of the copyright, and this is where MyCopyVault comes in.

For a tiny fee (temporarily US$ 2.95), you can deposit a “fingerprint” of your work in the public ledger of MyCopyVault.
This fingerprint is a unique identifier for your work, and it is stored with a blockchain, a technology that is secure and tamper-proof.

Imagine you recorded a piece of music in MP3 format. The fingerprint of that file is so unique that no other MP3 file in the observable universe would have the same fingerprint. The fingerprint itself is irreversible, meaning that you cannot recreate the MP3 file from the fingerprint.

Note that your work is never uploaded to MyCopyVault, only the fingerprint. When you deposit your work on MyCopyVault, you can retrieve a certificate of copyright ownership, which includes the fingerprint of your work, the date and time of deposit, and your email.

The blockchain technology used by MyCopyVault ensures that your work is securely stored and that the date and time of deposit cannot be tampered with.
This means that you can have confidence that your work is protected and that you have a verifiable record of your ownership.

MyCopyVault is a valuable tool for anyone who wants to protect their copyright and prove their ownership of their work.
It is especially useful for creators who share their work online, as it provides a way to prove that they are the original owner of their work in the event of a dispute.

Here are some of the benefits of using MyCopyVault to protect your copyright:

• Secure and tamper-proof storage: Your work is stored with a blockchain, which is a secure and tamper-proof ledger technology.
• Verifiable proof of ownership: You can retrieve a certificate of copyright ownership, which includes the fingerprint of your work, the date and time of deposit, and your email.
• Affordable: MyCopyVault is very affordable, especially considering the value it provides.

Tip: Assume you want to protect your image or lyrics collection. You don’t have to deposit records for each item individually. Just compress them all in a ZIP file and deposit a fingerprint of that file. All items in that file are now covered!

An explanation of how MyCopyVault works is here: How it works