A copyright symbol is used to indicate that somebody legally owns the rights to make and distribute copies of a particular work. Generally, you'll see a circle "C" copyright symbol on works such as TV ...

Digital photographers and creators of other kinds of online images and media typically don't want other users to re-post their media without permission or credit. You can overlay a copyright image to ...

The copyright symbol originated in the US copyright law, according to which a work was required to have a proper copyright notice. Without this notice, the work would not be protected by copyright.