Adding copyright notice

Edit footer.php in your theme?

in your footer.php file, add:

&copy; <?php echo date('Y'); ?>

doodlebee,

Where would I put my company name?

Howard

This appears to work:

<p>© <?php echo date(‘Y’); ?> Metta Press LLC</p>

Is that an acceptable way to do it?

yes, but replace your symbol with ©. The symbol won’t be seen in some browsers/character sets. But the © will always be shown correctly.