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<div align=justify>Copyright infringement has become a common practice that occurs daily all around the world. Finding a proper domain name and then building their business around that name requires a lot of work. In most cases, a business name and short phrases cannot be copyrighted. So, is it possible to protect your business name from copyright infringement?

There is no single answer to this question as everything depends on each particular name. For example, if your business name is “Bright Star Planet” then the terms “Bright Star” or “Star Planet” cannot be copyright because they are both general terms. A proper way to copyright your online business name is simply register a domain called “Bright-star-planet.com” or something of the kind. Though this will not keep people from using the terms Bright Star, or Star Palnet legally, it will keep them from starting an online business using that name. You are the only person that have legal rights to that domain name.

The advantage of this method of copyrighting is that your domain name doesn't need to be copyright. Registering the domain name and placing content on it will do the trick. When you publish some content onto a domain owned by you, it automatically becomes your property (unless there is already a copyright for that content).

Good domain names are difficult to find, so once you have one you should do your best to make sure you have full control over it. Having a domain name (that can be later used for building a site) is enough to start an online business and make it grow constantly. In case your domain (and business) is really popular, your competitors may try to get some traffic that comes to your domain. To prevent this, you can register several domains that are similar to yours (e.g. with different extensions).


From the very beginning on making business the issue of copyright infringement does seem to be important. However, later on you'll see that it requires a lot of attention. Spending the most of time on content creation, and no efforts to protect that content may have negative impact on your business. Start protecting your content by registering a domain name in your name and use it to build a copyright claim if needed.
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