Originally Posted by amandasgramma
I questioned how that would work, that it costs $$ to get a copyright. She said "I know, but the person reading this may not know it's a worthless statement".......TAAADAAAAHHH.....I'm not worried about copyrights now.
Not true at all. You don't have to pay to have a copyright. Once you create the work, then it is copyrighted (see #8 on the link below). Registering a copyright is what you're thinking of, and it is not necessary for the work to actually be copyrighted and protected by the law.
http://www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/top10myths.htm