Copyright Witness

Protect your work

Copyright registration with Copyright Witness is the fast, effective and low cost way to protect your work from infringement and misuse - ensuring you always have the best evidence to protect your work and your rights.

Trusted by thousands of creative organisations and individuals across the world, the service supports international copyright protection by securing independent evidence that will help prove originality and ownership in future claims or disputes.

The registration centre contains forms needed to register your work or manage existing registrations and accounts, plus information about the service and advice on registering your work.

Learn about copyright

One of the principal goals of Copyright Witness is to educate, inform and raise awareness of intellectual property issues.

Our information and education centre has help pages and factsheets covering a wide range of intellectual property topics, including:

  • Copyright law and international conventions
  • Advice on how to protect your work
  • How to use copyright notices
  • How to deal with copyright infringement and plagiarism
  • Specific advice for writers, musicians, artists, web designers, etc.

Marie Curie Daffodil Theatre Awards

We are proud to sponsor the Marie Curie Daffodil Theatre Awards - Sunday October 25th 2009

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Free IP courses

The British Library Business and IP Centre now provide free online courses on intellectual property.

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