diff --git a/sigal/__init__.py b/sigal/__init__.py
index 4ed636e..c6b88d6 100644
--- a/sigal/__init__.py
+++ b/sigal/__init__.py
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('output_dir', help='output directory')
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
                         version="%(prog)s version " + __version__)
-    parser.add_argument('-c', '--copyright',
-                        help="copyright message added to the images")
     parser.add_argument("-f", "--force", action='store_true',
                         help="force the reprocessing of existing images")
 
@@ -63,9 +61,6 @@ def main():
     print ":: Reading settings ..."
     settings = read_settings(os.path.join(args.input_dir, _DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE))
 
-    if args.copyright:
-        settings['copyright'] = args.copyright
-
     # create gallery
     gallery = Gallery(settings, args.input_dir)
     gallery.build(args.output_dir, force=args.force)
diff --git a/sigal/image.py b/sigal/image.py
index 0767ef3..f774c28 100644
--- a/sigal/image.py
+++ b/sigal/image.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Image:
 
     def resize(self, size):
         "resize image"
+
         if self.img.size[0] > self.img.size[1]:
             self.img = self.img.resize(size, PILImage.ANTIALIAS)
         else:
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ class Image:
 
     def add_copyright(self, text):
         "add copyright to image"
+
         draw = PILImageDraw.Draw(self.img)
-        draw.text((5, self.img.size[1]-15), text)
+        draw.text((5, self.img.size[1]-15), '\xa9 ' + text)
 
     def thumbnail(self, filename, size, square=False, quality=90):
         "create thumbnail image for img"
@@ -103,9 +105,6 @@ class Gallery:
             print "Create output directory %s" % self.output_dir
             os.makedirs(self.output_dir)
 
-        if self.settings['copyright']:
-            self.settings['copyright'] = '\xa9 ' + self.settings['copyright']
-
         # loop on directories
         for dirpath, dirnames, imglist in self.filelist():
             print ":: %s - %i images" % (dirpath, len(imglist))