Copyright protection abroad
Usually your copyright work will be protected abroad automatically in the same way that as in the United Kingdom (UK).
The UK is a member of many international agreements where the national law of each country automatically protects copyright work falling within the scope of these agreements.
You should mark your work with the international © symbol, followed by the name of the copyright owner and year of publication.
All western European countries, the United States of America (USA) and Russia belong to the Berne Convention. Under this agreement, you do not have to mark your work in any way for automatic protection to apply. However, it is sensible to mark your work in this respect.
In
the USA there is an official register 
of copyright work, although registration
is not a requirement for copyright protection in the USA.
Protection
abroad can also arise from obligations in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) agreement. This forms part of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
agreement and may protect your
work automatically. Details of the TRIPS agreement and
a list of these countries are on their website.
