“All written works created by humans are copyrighted automatically upon creation.” When I got into publishing my own works, I took this as gospel. I thought the ISBN was basically a backdoor copyright, too: you’re registered as the seller of this book. FORTUNATELY, I was not hit by Anthropic…
However, do I need to “properly” go through the copyright filing process to truly protect my works? Does that cover the cover artwork as well as the text? Is it safe to copyright anything with THIS government right now?
Yes. You cant sue for your rights without registering your creative works.