Use the unicode copyright symbol U+00A9

index.js

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ var merge = require('merge-deep');
  *
  * ```js
  * {%= copyright() %}
- * //=> Copyright (c) 2014-2015, Jon Schlinkert.
+ * //=> Copyright © 2014-2015, Jon Schlinkert.
  *
  * {%= copyright({year: 2012}) %}
- * //=> Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Jon Schlinkert.
+ * //=> Copyright © 2012-2014 Jon Schlinkert.
  * ```
  *
  * @param  {Number} `year` Optionally pass the start year of the project.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module.exports = function copyright(locals) {
   }
 
   var current = new Date().getFullYear();
-  var str = 'Copyright (c) ';
+  var str = 'Copyright © ';
 
   if (ctx.copyright) {
     ctx = merge(ctx, ctx.copyright);

test.js

@@ -18,48 +18,48 @@ var locals = {author: {name: 'Jon Schlinkert', url: 'https://github.com/jonschli
 
 describe('helper copyright', function () {
   it('should return a formatted copyright statement:', function () {
-    copyrightHelper(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) '+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
+    copyrightHelper(locals).should.eql('Copyright © '+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
   });
 
   it('should update the start year:', function () {
     var ctx = {author: {name: 'Jon Schlinkert', url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert'}, year: '2013'};
-    copyrightHelper(ctx).should.eql('Copyright (c) 2013-'+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
+    copyrightHelper(ctx).should.eql('Copyright © 2013-'+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
   });
 
   it('should update the range of years:', function () {
     var ctx = {author: {name: 'Jon Schlinkert', url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert'}, years: '2013-2020'};
-    copyrightHelper(ctx).should.eql('Copyright (c) 2013-2020 Jon Schlinkert');
+    copyrightHelper(ctx).should.eql('Copyright © 2013-2020 Jon Schlinkert');
   });
 
   it('should work as a lodash helper:', function () {
-    _.template('<%= copyright({author: author}) %>', {imports: {copyright: copyrightHelper}})(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) ' + year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
+    _.template('<%= copyright({author: author}) %>', {imports: {copyright: copyrightHelper}})(locals).should.eql('Copyright © ' + year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
   });
 
   it('should work as a lodash mixin:', function () {
     _.mixin({copyright: copyrightHelper});
-    _.template('<%= _.copyright({author: author}) %>')(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) '+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
+    _.template('<%= _.copyright({author: author}) %>')(locals).should.eql('Copyright © '+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
   });
 
   it('should work as a handlebars helper:', function () {
     handlebars.registerHelper('copyright', copyrightHelper);
-    handlebars.compile('{{copyright this}}')(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) '+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
+    handlebars.compile('{{copyright this}}')(locals).should.eql('Copyright © '+ year + ' Jon Schlinkert');
   });
 });
 
 describe('when `linkify` is `true`:', function () {
   it('should return a formatted copyright statement:', function () {
     locals = _.extend({linkify: true}, locals);
-    copyrightHelper(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) ' + year + ' [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)');
+    copyrightHelper(locals).should.eql('Copyright © ' + year + ' [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)');
   });
 
   it('should work as a lodash helper:', function () {
-    _.template('<%= copyright({author: author, linkify: true}) %>', {imports: {copyright: copyrightHelper}})(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) ' + year + ' [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)');
+    _.template('<%= copyright({author: author, linkify: true}) %>', {imports: {copyright: copyrightHelper}})(locals).should.eql('Copyright © ' + year + ' [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)');
   });
 
   it('should work as a handlebars helper:', function () {
     locals = _.extend({linkify: true}, locals);
     handlebars.registerHelper('copyright', copyrightHelper);
 
-    handlebars.compile('{{copyright this}}')(locals).should.eql('Copyright (c) '+ year + ' [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)');
+    handlebars.compile('{{copyright this}}')(locals).should.eql('Copyright © '+ year + ' [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)');
   });
-});
+});