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What is
Copyrighted on this
site? Basically everything on this site is protected by
copyright law, any images, photographs, website, logo and
or graphic designs, color schemes. Under no circumstances is
anything to be copied from this site without the written
permission of the owner. Please use the contact link if you
need
to.
What
is a Copyright? Copyright is a form of protection provided
by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the
authors of "original works of authorship," including literary,
dramatic, musical, artistic, and
certain other intellectual works. This protection is available
to both published and unpublished works.
What does having a Copyright
mean? The owner of
a copyright has the exclusive right
(i.e. no-one else has this right) to do and to authorize
others to do any of the following: To reproduce the work in
copies; To prepare derivative works based
upon the work; To distribute copies of the work
to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by
rental, lease, or lending; To perform the work publicly, in
the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic
works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual
works; To display the copyrighted work
publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or
sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion
picture or other audiovisual work;
When does a Copyright go into
effect? Copyright protection exists from
the time the work is created in fixed form and immediately
becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only
the author or those deriving their rights through the author
can rightfully claim copyright. In the case of works made for
hire, the employer and not the employee is considered to be
the author.
What works are protected by
Copyright? Copyright
protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in a
tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly
perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of
a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following
categories:
- literary works;
- musical works, including any
accompanying words
- dramatic works, including
any accompanying music
- pantomimes and choreographic
works
- pictorial, graphic, and sculptural
works
- motion pictures and other
audiovisual works
- sound recordings
- architectural works
How long does Copyright protection
last?
For
works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection will
endure for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years.
In the case of a joint work, the term lasts for 70 years after
the last surviving author's death. For anonymous and
pseudonymous works and works made for hire, the term will be
95 years from the year of first publication or 120 years from
the year of creation, whichever expires
first.
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