Snellville, GA asked in Copyright and Trademark for Georgia

Q: I want to know if this site is legit. https://www.zpublishinghouse.com/pages/about-us

Hello, my name is Thomas Shipman. I am a writer and have a blog in where I post my poems and stories. I recently was contacted by a recruiter from this website: https://www.zpublishinghouse.com/pages/about-us

In where they asked if I wanted to submit my poems for potential entry into their upcoming book. The poems I sent them I had put a copywrite under them on my blog. I want to know what I should do and if they were legit, since it's been a couple months since I last spoke. They put on the site not to try and contact them, about status, they'll contact me.

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Jason Brooks
Jason Brooks
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  • Trademarks Lawyer
  • los angeles, CA

A: The website appears to be legitimate, but to further protect your content, I'd register each one for copyright protection with the US Copyright office here: https://eco.copyright.gov/eService_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eco.copyright.gov

You don't need to indicate a copyright notice under each poem, unless the works are actually registered for copyright -- doing so doesn't actually create the copyright, since the copyright is essentially created the minute you write the story/poem. If you have further questions or would like assistance with this, feel free to email me at: Jason@altviewlawgroup.com

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