While copyright protection does not require registration, you should put a statement at the end of your document to emphasize that the work is copyrighted. All rights reserved. Information on the web is not necessarily in the public domain . A common misconception is that information on the web is in the public domain and therefore you can copy the information for your own purposes. This is not true.
Information is in the public domain only if the author states that it is.
You need to ask permission to copy someone's information unless they state on their pages that the contents are in the public domain. You must get permission to use photos or other images . Unless the author or source has indicated that the photos or images are in the public domain and available therefore for general use, you will need to get written permission to use the images. Do not include information on your web pages that could jeopardize a future patent or trademark . Publication of information on the Web is a form of public disclosure.