And thanks for your kind words. I wrote this partly to have somewhere to direct people when they have questions about copyright, so I hope it does some good!

Many of the points above are aimed at people who might unknowingly infringe on others’ rights; conversely, some people who’ve created original work have a bad habit of splattering copyright symbols throughout their pages like so much birdshot (or another, similar word).

Rather than making their work serious and professional, as they seem to think it does, this reeks of amateurism — not to mention an implicit lack of trust in the person receiving the work, on par with a child scolding “Don’t copy me!”

Just once in the front-matter does it! Your posts on what to include in the rights page should be put in front of every self-publisher.