To the extent that it is copyrightable, it will be protected automatically; there is no need to take any further action.
Whether it is copyrightable or not depends on the type of content. For example, a list of dates and topics to be discussed may not be considered sufficiently creative, and a simple bibliography would not be copyrightable either. However, a detailed, annotated bibliography might be.
Also, if you wrote the course as part of your responsibilities as an educator, for example, it could be considered a work-made-for-hire of your employer, in which case you would not be able to retain the copyright.
To copyright a training course, you can simply create the course material and then register it with the U.S. Copyright Office. This will provide legal protection for your course content and prevent others from using it without your permission.
yes, of course
copyright is first owned by the employer
Of course! He's a TV character adored by millions of fans! There has to be copyright!
Of course
Yes! Of course it does. Even in another format, language,etc.
Copyright is automatically assigned on creation of a work. There is no formal registration process. Copyright will belong to a company if a work is created by a person during company time and the course of their employment, otherwise the copyright automatically belongs to the person creating a work.
As visual art, yes. There would need to be demonstrable creativity and originality, of course.
Names, titles, logos, slogans, and common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection so "Sport Billy" would have to be registered as a trademark.Why, Billy, of course!
If material is not protected by copyright, the creator has no rights to it. For example, a person preparing a document in the course of his duties as an employee of the US Government has no rights to that document, because it is not protected by copyright in accordance with section 105 of the copyright code.
Yes, of course. just as well as in any other countries.
The current act (15 November 1988) was designed to restate and amend the 1949 Registered Designs Act and the 1939 Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act. It was amended in 1990 and 1991. There were major copyright acts in 1956 and 1911, and of course the first copyright act was in 1709.