When you make or create an original work whether it is written, musical, dramatic, or artistic you have the rights to your work and can decide how your work can be reproduced. Basically, you would not want some one making a profit on something you wrote or created without your permission.
Basically copyright means that what you write is protected by the laws of the United States according to:(title 17, U.S.Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,”
Works which need copyrights are:
Literary
Dramatic
Musical, artistic
Certain other intellectual works.
Copyright availability
This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.
What happens when you copyright your work?
"Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:"
Basically copyright means that what you write is protected by the laws of the United States according to:(title 17, U.S.Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,”
Works which need copyrights are:
Literary
Dramatic
Musical, artistic
Certain other intellectual works.
Copyright availability
This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.
What happens when you copyright your work?
"Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:"
- Reproduce your work in copies or phonorecords
- Prepare derivative works based upon your work
- Distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other
- Transfer of ownership by rental, lease, or lending
- Perform your work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audio visual works
- Display your 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
- Perform the work publicly (in the case of sound recordings*) by means of a digital audio transmission (Copyright basics, 2013).
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This video explains the basics of copyright and lets you know that whenever you use someone else's work you should give them credit for it and to be on the safe side you need to get permission from them (written permission is best) to use their work so there is no chance of a lawsuit later on plus more helpful information to clarify on copyright.
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References:
1. Copyright Basics Retrieved on Sept. 8, 2013 from The Library of Congress. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf U.S. Copyright Office · Library of Congress · 101 Independence Avenue SE · Washington,DC 20559 · www.copyright.govcircular 1reviewed:05⁄ 2012 Printed on recycledpaper u.s. government printing office: 2012-xxx-x
2. Molten, Ryan. (June 2, 2013). What Is Copyright?. YouTube. Retrieved 21 May 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eATwzWz1Dzw
1. Copyright Basics Retrieved on Sept. 8, 2013 from The Library of Congress. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf U.S. Copyright Office · Library of Congress · 101 Independence Avenue SE · Washington,DC 20559 · www.copyright.govcircular 1reviewed:05⁄ 2012 Printed on recycledpaper u.s. government printing office: 2012-xxx-x
2. Molten, Ryan. (June 2, 2013). What Is Copyright?. YouTube. Retrieved 21 May 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eATwzWz1Dzw