> For most of Europe, author's right is a given, you don't need to apply for it and pay a fee. That’s how it works in the US too. You can register a copyright

> For most of Europe, author's right is a given, you don't need to apply for it and pay a fee. That’s how it works in the US too. You can register a copyright if you really want to but it isn’t necessary to obtain a copyright on your work. There’s also a bunch of exceptions to this in order to keep a copyright beyond the original term when they previously changed the laws which is how the happy birthday song folks finally lost the ability to sue everyone under the sun.