diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index d344e241073849aabd4934c86474d007b8aacd5d..7db6dab602dcb8b253002249598de00f41c0c363 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2016-2018 DMS Serwis s. c.
-Copyright (c) 2018-2024 SMOK sp. z o. o.
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024 Piotr Maślanka
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6bd097dff499c622276fdbfca008c1b5e896e81f..446afb0f10eb5248e98fdc32c6659cae15616231 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ IP of previous operator of the service, DMS Serwis s.c., which
 continues to operate within it's designated company agreement.
 From there stems the copyright holder name change.
 
+And because I haven't been paid a penny for this work, I've assumed copyright personally.
+
 ## What is here
 
 ### [coolamqp](coolamqp/)
diff --git a/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py b/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py
index 77d805a6d42aee240b7485149e3abeb4da1d6df6..c67cbd804fe32040a4b9d4bd97ba0770212263f0 100644
--- a/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py
+++ b/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CLIENT_DATA = [
     # these fields to be of type short-string
     (b'product', (b'CoolAMQP', 'S')),
     (b'version', (__version__.encode('utf8'), 'S')),
-    (b'copyright', (b'Copyright (C) 2016-2024 SMOK sp. z o.o.', 'S')),
+    (b'copyright', (b'Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Piotr Maslanka', 'S')),
     (
         b'information', (
             b'Licensed under the MIT License.\nSee https://git.dms-serwis.com.pl/smokserwis/coolamqp for details',
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f8f08c5733ae79e339c02418bdb18bbab9f58593..d85d51765d304b2094623a6a1e07f7853a302495 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'CoolAMQP'
-copyright = u'2016-2024, SMOK sp. z o. o.'
-author = u'SMOK sp. z o. o.'
+copyright = u'2016-2024, Piotr Maślanka'
+author = u'Piotr Maślanka'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the