Originally Posted by
quiltapillow
Do a self copyright by sending yourself a book dated and keep it sealed when you receive it back in the mail. If it happens someone copies it you have legal recorse with the unopended book postmarked and delivered to you as the date you wrote it; to prove it is yours. Be sure to put your own mark on it.also.
This is
entirely untrue and a dangerous myth. The
only time you have any legal recourse for copyright infringement is if you have registered your copyright with the US Copyright Office before the infringement took place. The fee is $35 online and $50 by mail.
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-register.html