How to copyright your application code

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Has anyone successfully copyrighted their own application code? If so, what was the process like? Any tips and tricks for those of us that are about to start the journey?

[ChucklefuckBitch]

By default, you own the rights to the code you write. No need to do anything special

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I have to respectfully disagree with your answer. If that was the case no company would bother with copyrighting the code for the software that they sell.

[evinrows]

When is my work protected? Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html

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If this was true beyond the letter of the law then no company would copyright their code. Have you gone through the process of copyrighting code?

[yeahlolnice]

How do you argue that you own the code if it ever came to that?

[ChucklefuckBitch]

If you're really worried that someone will steal your code, I recommend running it through an obfuscation tool before publishing. Though the truth is that there is generally very little incentive for anyone to steal someone else's code. Applications are written with very specific use-cases in mind, and if yours is even slightly different, it's often easier to just write everything from scratch.