It is my understanding that there is no cost for copywriting--you simply state that the item is copywrited and that it may not be copied. *Defending* your copywrite would cost money, you would have to take someone to court for using something you had copywritten. I am not a lawyer, so cannot say for sure this stuff is correct, but I know where I used to work, we used to copywrite stuff simply by stating that it was copywritten. susan