Lots of people ask questions about copyright. And, lots of other people should be asking those questions. Unfortunately, most of the information that I have seen is long, boring legaleese. Today I went to copyright.gov and found a lot of great information that was relatively short AND relatively easy to understand. What is protected? What is not protected? How long does copyright last? Can copyright be transferred? I was surprised.
The laws are not as simple as we would like but here is some copyright information that I feel are bookmarks for anyone who publishes original content or who sometimes draws upon the works of others. They are all by an authoritative source - the U.S..Copyright Office.
Copyright Basics
Fair Use
Copyright.gov Homepage
I found this fascinating: 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.
Notice was required under the 1976 Copyright Act. This requirement was eliminated when the United States adhered to the Berne Convention, effective March 1, 1989.
As I understand it, a previous copyright filing just makes it easier to establish proof-of-ownership if/when trouble arises. Many assume that you have to pay-by-the-piece but I once ran across an article written by a photographer who basically copied whole folders of photos to a cd and sent that. Anyway, I bookmarked the link he gave: https://www.copyright.gov/register/visual.html...
Great info...!!!
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I wonder how this works on the web?
Great Info! Thanks for posting this!