# Created a hosted game - question about copyrighting my own game

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**Category:** Hosted Games\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/created-a-hosted-game-question-about-copyrighting-my-own-game/79430 "2020-05-18T15:23:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/created-a-hosted-game-question-about-copyrighting-my-own-game/79430/6 "2020-05-18T20:11:33Z")

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> [@Chris\_Conley](#):
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> I should point out this is true in the US, and has been for about a century. But other countries may vary.

I came to point this out as well.

@AgentV you should also check out the existing topics relevant to this:

- [Is there a way to copyright your demo](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-copyright-your-demo/58733/21)?
- [Question about copyright](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/question-about-copyright/6191/31)

Tangentially related, there are also interesting things said regarding _other_ entity’s copyrights and intellectual property, and what you can use in your game here:

- [Inspiration vs. Plagiarism](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/inspiration-vs-plagiarism-consolidated-discussion/74396)
- [Fanfiction and Fangames](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/fan-games-and-fanfiction/54439)

Since there are already a few threads regarding this topic, and they all boil down to what’s been said here (copyright _in the US_ is automatic, and you can’t copyright ideas, concepts, or general plots anyway), I’m going to close this thread.

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