People put content—all kinds of good content—on the Internet: photos, articles, videos, music, drawings, and more. You need some content–maybe an article. Add a photo to attract readers. You search; you find just exactly what you need. You copy; that’s so easy to do. You paste. There. Done. You’ve saved a lot of time. …
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© Copyright Trick or Treat Does Copyright Law Scare You? Find out this week in Copyright Trick or Treat “I don’t own any copyrights, so I don’t have to worry about copyright law.” TRICK Since 1989, a copyright notice © is no longer required, nor is registration with the …
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© Copyright Trick or Treat Does Copyright Law Scare You? Find out this week in Copyright Trick or Treat “What about content created by the US Government?” TREAT !! Most works issued by the U.S. Government are not protected by copyright and are free to use. Works created …
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© Copyright Trick or Treat Does Copyright Law Scare You? Find out this week in Copyright Trick or Treat “If there’s no © on a work, it’s not copyrighted and I can use it in any way I want.” TRICK! Since 1989, a copyright notice © has no …
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Copyright is the right to make a copy. Copyright law protects original works of authorship that have been fixed in a tangible form of expression. Copyright occurs at the moment the work is fixed in a tangible form of expression. “The fixation need not be directly perceptible as long as it may be communicated with …
What’s Copyright got to do with Me? I’m not an author or music composer. Why should I care? You might be surprised… Did you know that we all interact with copyright-protected works every day? We all use others’ content, but we also produce copyrighted content. We are all CONSUMERS and CREATORS of original content protected …