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Copyright is one of the intellectual property rights created by the US Federal government. Copyrights must be registered with the federal government and are protected across the entire country. Congress is given the right to make laws protecting intellectual property in the Constitution.

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The message of U.S. copyright laws is clear: Intellectual property rights are important to our nation, its economy and its creative industries, and violating these laws is not worth it.

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There are no state versions of copyright law. It is created, amended, and enforced at the federal level.


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The state laws are overruled by the federal laws.


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