Copyright protection automatically applies to "original works of authorship" that are "fixed in a tangible medium of expression." The definition is less complicated than it sounds. If you create a blog post, podcast, or article, your work is covered by...
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Copyright law grants you several exclusive rights to control the use and distribution of your copyrighted work. The rights include the exclusive power to: reproduce (i.e., make copies of) the work; create derivative works based on the work (i.e., to alter, remix, or build...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:41pm - 0 comments -
Copyright protection begins when an original work becomes fixed in a tangible medium of expression. (For more information on when a work is "fixed" and what qualifies for protection, see Copyrightable Subject Matter ). As a general rule, the creator of the work (...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:42pm - 0 comments -
In general, if you create a work, you are the copyright owner of the work. However, if you create a work for hire , copyright law recognizes the person who hires you as the owner of the work. Your work may be a work for hire if you create it as an employee or as an...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:42pm - 0 comments -
Although you do not need to use a copyright notice or register your work in order to hold a copyright in the work, notice and registration give you a number of benefits, which we discuss below. (For more information on the basic requirements of copyright ownership, see the...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:43pm - 0 comments -
A broad array of creative, expressive media are subject to copyright protection, including literature, photographs, music compositions and recordings, films, paintings and sculptures, and news articles – any “original work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:43pm - 0 comments -
You may want to use or incorporate someone else's work into your own. While the works of others may be protected by copyright, there are a class of works that fall outside the scope of copyright law. The following categories of work are not eligible for copyright protection...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:45pm - 0 comments -
The policy behind copyright law is not simply to protect the rights of those who produce content, but to "promote the progress of science and useful arts." U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8, cl. 8 . Because allowing authors to enforce their copyrights in all cases would...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:46pm - 0 comments -
If you publish your work online, you are already in the practice of using links to enhance your content. The Web's basic architecture relies heavily on the ability of webpages to link to other pages to allow natural navigation between related content. It is hard to imagine...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:46pm - 0 comments -
At some point you may want to use someone else's work. You should first determine whether the work is protected by copyright. Is the work copyrightable ? Is it in the public domain ? Is your use of the work barred by another area of the law such as trademark law? Keep in...
DMLP Staff - 04/30/2008 - 10:47pm - 0 comments -
