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Question: What is the copyright registration?

Answer:Section 408 of the copyright law, for a fee, provides the option to formally register the work with the U.S. Copyright Office. This registration process provides a legal record of copyright ownership as well as additional legal benefits in cases of infringement.


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"Fair use" can apply to classroom activities as well.

The Internet magnifies the possibility for making an infinite number of perfect copies, which changes what it means to be "fair." Be careful when using material from the Internet; keep in mind the four factors of the fair use test, or get permission from the owner.

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Copyright Essentials

Fair Use Act is protection that subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. Many aspects to Copyrights exist, such as SongWriter's Right, Litigation, Copyright Notice, contact our firm to find out more.

Copyrights in each separate contribution to a periodical or other collective work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole and vests initially with the author of the contribution.

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Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author.

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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. Permission must be obtain to use a copyright by a separte entity. Fair Use Act and copyrights last for the life of the author plus 70 years.


NOTE:
Before 1978, federal copyright was generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright, assuming compliance with all other relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works published without satisfying all conditions for securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of 1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act.

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Copyright News

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Largest CD Manufacturing Piracy Scheme Uncovered in U.S.
The FBI estimates that approximately 494,000 pirated music, software, and movie Cd's, and DVDs, and more than 5,500 stampers were seized during those raids.

Three Defendants Sentenced in Internet Music Piracy Crackdown
Borchardt and Jones each pleaded guilty to a single felony count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement for their involvement in the pre-release music group

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Helpful Terms

Infringement

Definition:
An invasion of one of the exclusive rights of intellectual property. Infringement of a utility patent involves the making, using, selling, offering to sell, or importing of a patented product or process without permission.

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