© not handle correctly by a verbatim

Question

Is there a reason why the following verbatim section doesn't work as expected:

\begin{verbatim}
© copyright blahblah .....
\end{verbatim}

In fact I get: Âl’ copyright blah blah

Instead of the nice ©.

I will use the (c) notation, but anyway if you have a better solution, it will be welcome.

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Full MWE demonstrating problem:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\begin{verbatim}
© copyright blahblah .....
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}

Answer 1

fontenc package deals with font encodings in the output file (pdf generally). But the font encodings in the input file are handled by inputenc package. Adding \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} solves the problem.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}        %%<---- add this
\begin{document}
  \begin{verbatim}
     © copyright blahblah .....
  \end{verbatim}
\end{document}

Bonus _{There is a special offer for now ;)}

To get rid of the warnings regarding font substitutions (and have some aesthetic looks), you may prefer to use some font like libertine:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{libertine}
\begin{document}
  \begin{verbatim}
     © copyright blahblah .....
  \end{verbatim}
\end{document}