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A Copyright is a form of protection
provided to the authors of “original works of authorship” including
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual
works, both
published and unpublished. The 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the
owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted
work,
to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies
or phonorecords of
the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to
display the copyrighted work publicly.
The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject matter of the writing. For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only prevent others from copying the description; it would not prevent others from writing a description of their own or from making and using the machine. Copyrights are registered by the >> <<There are times when you may desire a combination of copyright, patent and trademark protection for your work. You should consult an attorney to determine what forms of intellectual property protection are best suited to your needs. |
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