A C inside a circle, the copyright symbol, marking a creative work as legally protected the moment it's made, in most countries, symbol or no symbol. Writing, music, art, software all qualify. Adding © is custom rather than requirement almost everywhere, since copyright law follows the Berne Convention, but it still puts a name and date on record.
What ©️ means
A capital 'C' in dark-grey encompassed by a circle of the same color. The ©️ Copyright emoji represents the trademark used to represent the owner of intellectual property. It signifies the act of copying or duplicating something, but legally.
How and when to use it
- You could also use ©️ while referring to something that's authentic; either in reference to a piece of content you created, a post caption/quote, or even something you or someone else said on text.
- Some instances for the previous point are - "Be an original in a world of mirrors ©️", "Um. As far as I remember. These were indeed your exact words ©️" or "Made this organic wall hanging! ©️".
- If you are the owner of any intellectual property; videos, memes, written content, vocal content, etc., and you're allowing your audience to use the same in their individual contexts, then you may add ©️ to your post caption to indicate the same provide consent.
- ©️ could also be used as a representation of 'legal permission', both literally or metaphorically. Like, "Who gave you the permission to do that?? ©️" or "Permit yourself to see the truth ©️".
- Copyright essentially gives the owner the legal right to duplicate his/her work. Hence, if you are posting or reposting copyrighted content on your social media handle or sharing the same via direct message (DM), you can use ©️. Like, "Follow for more memes! ©️".
Other Names
- ©️ Copyright Mark
- ©️ Legal Rights
- ©️ Legal Ownership
- ©️ Intellectual Property
- ©️ Trademark
- ©️ Patent
- ©️ Trade Secret
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › other-symbol
- Codepoints
U+00A9 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:copyright:GitHub- Keywords
- C, copyright
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ©️ Copyright or 🇹🇻 Flag: Tuvalu?