What is the correct format for including a copyright notice in the footer of a web site?I have seen many variations, including: Cool Businessname 2015 2015 Cool BusinessnameCopyright  Cool Businessname 2015Copyright  2015 Cool Businessname Cool Businessname 2008-2015- Cool Businessname 2008-2015. All rights reserved.There are more combinations of the above.Can anyone tell which one is the correct, legitimate format?
How should copyright notices be formatted on websites?
legal;copyright
They are technically all correct because the proper usage of a copyright notice is to inform its users there is a copyright license or agreement on the website in question, therefor regardless of the usage they are all correct assuming they all mean the same thing... i.e these are all the same: Business NameCopyright Business name2015  Business NameOften finding out the proper usage can be done by checking out what over businesses are doing, this doesn't necessary mean its always right but linked below are some of the most authority websites around and I'm almost certain most if not all will use proper legal copyright consultants. Copyright  2015 BBC. (1) Crown copyright (2)Copyright  2014 State of California (3) 2015 Cable News Network (4)Additionally there's no actual law stating you must have copyright notices in the footer, some websites simply choose to use a licensing or copyright page. A great example of this can be seen on The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd which is a digital licensing/copyright agency in the UK. Another fine example would be the  European Commission which is responsible for many internet topics such as the cookie policy that is now required in the EU, they don't use such copyright notices but rather a link to a legal notice, again... there's no right or wrong as long as people can find this information.