Copyrighting a Website

[carlg2]

I have created a website that does some marketing over the web. You could think of it as something similar to cars.com where people pay a fee to advertise their car for sale (although what I did is not selling cars, I just used it as an example).

What do I need to do to copyright protect myself? I noticed there are 2 options
Copyright for online works
and
Copyright for Computer Software


Which of these should I do?

I actually have php computer programs which generate the content that is displayed on the web.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[aaron]

What are you trying to copyright? The website, or its source code?

[carlg2]

Not sure.

This is my first one, so I'm trying to figure out what I should be getting copyrighted and what I don't need to get copyrighted.

[Mr. Knowitall]

Your scripts are software. The output of the scripts as seen on the page are an online work.

[carlg2]

So how does this sound?

Copyright the scripts as software.

Then do screenprints of all of the screens and copyright those as online work.

Am I on the right track here?

[Mr. Knowitall]

I suggest following the instructions on the copyright.gov website.