Actual - Copyright

If you are producing written, audio, film,video or other recorded intellectual property, it's essential to know how to protect your legal rights through copyright. However, even some of the most basic points of the protection offered by the copyright symbol are often unknown or misunderstood. Read this article to be sure you understand the basics accurately.

Not Every Written Word Can Be Copyrighted

A coommonly held misconception about the copyright protection is that your ideas as well as your words are covered. To understand exactly what is -- and what is NOT -- portected when you apply the copyright symbol to your work.

While you might think that you are safe from transfering your copyright when using the web to transmit your images, be careful. Although a copyright transfer must be in writing and signed by the copyright owner, the law has caught up with technology. You now can “sign” a document by responding electronically. A contract may be in any memorandum form, including electronic mail. It is “signed” by any mark, written, stamped or engraved, that demonstrates the intent to agree to the contract. So read the fine print before transmitting your images on the web to protect your copyrights.

You should copyright your writing before you send it out, but the process isn't as difficult as you might think. Also, registering your copyright will give you certain benefits if you ever find yourself in court. This article tells you how easily you can copyright your work...

How to Copyright a Screenplay

Learn about the best ways to protect your original works against theft. Don't be a victim of the predators that are out there looking to steal your content.

How to Copyright Your Literary Works

Find out everything that you need to know about protecting your original content from thieves who want to exploit your work!

Performing Arts Copyright Information

Learn about the best ways to protect your original works against theft. Don't be a victim of the predators that are out there looking to steal your content.

Musicians and Copyrights – What You Need To Know

As musicians and songwriters, we’ve all wondered what it takes to protect our creative output from theft or plagiarism. That’s the point when copywriting our work becomes a concern. Why would anyone want their hard work to go to waste if we could somehow protect our creative property?

You Own the Copyright

You own the copyright to your photos. However, if you sell your images outright to an agency, or if you are a contract photographer, you may be relinquishing your rights to your images, in which case the agency can modify your photo in any way they wish

Understanding Copyright

When you create original content, it is automatically copyrighted, but you should know about copyrights and how to specifically mark your work. Also, establishing the date of creation is very important.

Myths About Copyright

Beware of these myths about copyrighted materials: If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted.

Public Domain

This report focuses on copyright protection so that you develop a solid understanding of it. Some of the areas covered are copyright basics, when does a work pass into the public domain, what is the public domain, the right to display public domain images, the myths of copyright protection and frequently asked questions about copyright and the public domain.

YouTube In Trouble for 24 Television Show Postings

Google must be wondering what it has gotten itself into. YouTube is in trouble again after receiving a subpoena from Fox for posting episodes of the show 24. To say that Fox executives must be unhappy is a slight understatement. Talk about stealing the winds out of the channel’s sails! One of the biggest nights for the show was pre-empted! Well, Fox isn’t taking the situation laying down.

Copyrighting Infringement - Is The Threat Real For Artists?

Many artists have asked me recently about protecting their images from online theft. Downloading photos from websites is as easy as 1-2-3 so... what can you do to protect your work, and more importantly, should you be worried about it?

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