I have always noticed that when it comes to the date a project is shared, the copyright symbol is always upside-down. Why is it upside-down?

It's not upside-down, it's backwards. But it's not actually backwards, either. The “copyright” symbol is actually the “copyleft” symbol.

Wikipedia, the most credible source in the entire universe wrote:

Copyleft is the legal technique of granting certain freedoms over copies of copyrighted works with the requirement that the same rights be preserved in derivative works.

Basically, copyleft is the license that allows others to remix any projects that are shared on Scratch.

Za-Chary wrote:

It's not upside-down, it's backwards. But it's not actually backwards, either. The “copyright” symbol is actually the “copyleft” symbol.

That explains a lot regarding it. I've been quite confused because whenever I highlight it and drag it to the top of my browser tab, it always comes out as

This: ©

And not this:

IcosahedronsAreCool wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

It's not upside-down, it's backwards. But it's not actually backwards, either. The “copyright” symbol is actually the “copyleft” symbol.

That explains a lot regarding it. I've been quite confused because whenever I highlight it and drag it to the top of my browser tab, it always comes out as

This: ©

And not this:
snipped out the image

because scratch literally just uses was it html code or something to reverse the symbol, as i dont think there actually is a copyleft symbol (or even if there is, it probably doesn't look correct)

blablablahello wrote:

IcosahedronsAreCool wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

It's not upside-down, it's backwards. But it's not actually backwards, either. The “copyright” symbol is actually the “copyleft” symbol.

That explains a lot regarding it. I've been quite confused because whenever I highlight it and drag it to the top of my browser tab, it always comes out as

This: ©

And not this:
-Sorry, image snipped.-

because scratch literally just uses was it html code or something to reverse the symbol, as i dont think there actually is a copyleft symbol (or even if there is, it probably doesn't look correct)

I think there actually is no copyleft symbol, so maybe the ST just used the original image and flipped it backwards. Maybe if you google ‘copyleft’ there are only images, not a copy and paste symbol.

blablablahello wrote:

IcosahedronsAreCool wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

It's not upside-down, it's backwards. But it's not actually backwards, either. The “copyright” symbol is actually the “copyleft” symbol.

That explains a lot regarding it. I've been quite confused because whenever I highlight it and drag it to the top of my browser tab, it always comes out as

This: ©

And not this:
snipped out the image

because scratch literally just uses was it html code or something to reverse the symbol, as i dont think there actually is a copyleft symbol (or even if there is, it probably doesn't look correct)

From GNU:

It is a legal mistake to use a backwards C in a circle instead of a copyright symbol. Copyleft is based legally on copyright, so the work should have a copyright notice. A copyright notice requires either the copyright symbol (a C in a circle) or the word “Copyright.”

GIitchInTheMatrix wrote:

blablablahello wrote:

IcosahedronsAreCool wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

It's not upside-down, it's backwards. But it's not actually backwards, either. The “copyright” symbol is actually the “copyleft” symbol.

That explains a lot regarding it. I've been quite confused because whenever I highlight it and drag it to the top of my browser tab, it always comes out as

This: ©

And not this:
snipped out the image

because scratch literally just uses was it html code or something to reverse the symbol, as i dont think there actually is a copyleft symbol (or even if there is, it probably doesn't look correct)

From GNU:

It is a legal mistake to use a backwards C in a circle instead of a copyright symbol. Copyleft is based legally on copyright, so the work should have a copyright notice. A copyright notice requires either the copyright symbol (a C in a circle) or the word “Copyright.”

Infact, instead of using images, it may use the CSS transform: rotate(180deg); style to flip it without using an image.
That is how they do it.