Legal and footer text
© is copied for copyright notices, rights statements, site footers, and product text where accuracy matters more than visual style.
©
Copyright Sign
U+00A9
©
The © copyright sign appears in everyday text whenever someone wants a direct character for copyright notices, site footers, rights labels instead of a more decorative symbol.
Copyright notices, footers, and legal labels.
Where people actually use this symbol
Brand and asset labels
© also fits ownership notes, publishing labels, and content credits where the line should look formal and standard.
Where it works better than emoji
© beats emoji when the line needs precision. A plain symbol stays cleaner in product copy, tables, legal notes, and technical text where colorful emoji would feel noisy or less exact.
When the copyright sign is actually useful
The copyright sign is not decorative first; it is informational first. People copy it into site footers, legal notices, templates, product pages, and brand assets whenever they need a recognizable ownership marker in plain text.
Because it has a very specific meaning, it often adds more trust and clarity than a generic legal note written without the symbol.
Where people usually paste it
Many people search for the symbol simply to copy it quickly for a footer line or document. That makes a clean reference page useful even though the character itself is simple.
Its strongest use cases are websites, docs, PDFs, invoices, and any recurring template where the legal line must stay consistent.
Alternative symbols to compare
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±
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U+00B1
Math, notation, and number-heavy text.
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Symbol details
- Category
- Special Characters
- Unicode
- U+00A9
- HTML
- ©
- ASCII
- No