• How to Copyright Your Software Application - In the United States, whenever a work is completed in a tangible form, either as a physical item or as a piece computer code, it is under copyright protection. This is no different for a computer program. (Hits: 63 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Find Out Who Owns a Copyright - Let's say you find a book you like and want to find out who owns the copyright on it. How would you go about finding out who owns that copyright? (Hits: 55 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION - There is no such thing as an "international copyright" that will automatically protect an author's writings throughout the entire world. Protection against unauthorized use in a particular country depends, basically, on the national laws of that country. (Hits: 767 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT - The use of a copyright notice is no longer required under U. S. law, although it is often beneficial. Because prior law did contain such a requirement, however, the use of notice is still relevant to the copyright status of older works. (Hits: 585 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Registering For a Copyright by Binny Satin - To register for a copyright you have to send two copies of the work to be registered along with the fees and the registration forms. Seems simple enough, but if everything is not included in the submission then it will most probably be returned. (Hits: 547 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• SEARCH OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE RECORDS - The records of the Copyright Office are open for inspection and searching by the public. Moreover, on request, the Copyright Office will search its records for you. (Hits: 507 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• The Definition of Copyright - Copyright is a legal matter, which is backed up by the majority of governments throughout the world. It gives the exclusive rights to the original creator of any work. (Hits: 449 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• The Definition of Copyright by Binny Satin - Copyright is defined as an exclusive right to publish, sell or otherwise deal with a written matter be it a book containing any kind of material. (Hits: 424 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• The Many Benefits For Registering a Copyright by Binny Satin - Whether you register your work or not is not a requirement of the government. However they provide a number of benefits if you do. The registration process takes certain facts of the particular copyright and makes them publicly known. The benefits of registering a copyright are listed below for your convenience. (Hits: 557 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Things You Cannot Copyright - There are several categories of items that are not eligible to receive copyright protection. Some of these items can receive other forms of protection such as a patent or a trademark. (Hits: 64 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT - Any or all of the copyright owner's exclusive rights or any subdivision of those rights may be transferred, but the transfer of exclusive rights is not valid unless that transfer is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner's duly authorized agent. (Hits: 473 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• WHAT IS 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. (Hits: 775 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• WHAT WORKS ARE NOT PROTECTED? - Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others ... (Hits: 728 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED? - 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. (Hits: 527 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• WHO CAN CLAIM COPYRIGHT? - Copyright protection starts from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship 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. (Hits: 956 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

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