Is my WEbook work protected from theft and plagiarism?
When you go to Start a Project on WEbook, you can make your work “Private.” This will ensure that no one other than you and the few people you may choose to invite to your project see your work. Now, the real benefit of WEbook is that you have the option of getting great input from others, so we think there’s real value there. Plus, if you do ever want your work considered for publication, you will need to submit to the Voting Cycle, which will mean that site users will read your submission and vote on whether or not it should be a published WEbook. Let’s say you decide you do want your work to be more open during the writing phase (and by the way, you can change your mind and broaden the viewing anytime), or you elect to submit for voting. As a general matter, anytime you “publish” content you garner a copyright in that work. This would happen if you included it in a letter, published it in a book, or published it at WEbook.com or any other web environment (including your own site). N
