Landshark wrote in message ...

. He would have read that all material either written or
displayed is copyrighted.

Doesn't make any difference, copyright exists without any declaration,
registration, or other act.
That is made clear on the site you named...
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

quote
Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created
/quote

And, although sparky happily refers to the text:
"Before an infringement suit may be filed in court,
registration is necessary for works of U. S. origin."

He seems to be avoiding this, in the same section:
quote
However, registration is not a condition of copyright
protection. Even though registration is not a requirement
for protection, the copyright law provides several
inducements or advantages to encourage copyright
owners to make registration.
/quote

Registration is NOT a condition of copyright.


Regards.

Peter.