You can register copyright of the manuscript only if you own the rights to the work, for example, by will or by inheritance. Copyright is the right of the author of the work or the author's heirs or assignees. It does not belong to the person who only owns or possesses the physical work itself.
Since copyright does not expire upon the death of the holder, the copyright will pass to the holder's heir. This copyright can be sold or passed to other people as appropriate, but will expire 70 years after the death of the original holder, unless special measures are requested and granted to further protect them from becoming public domain.
Yes, intellectual property can be inherited just as physical property can.
Unfortunately no
People who have broken copyright law are called infringers.
People cannot be protected by copyright.
For people who make their living through their creative works, copyright is always important.
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Yes it is legal to download PC games past copyright because copyright is to prevent people from copying.
Dozens, if not hundreds. Every time you create something new, it is automatically protected by copyright. Doodle a picture of a cat, you have copyright. Take a picture with your phone, you have copyright. Record yourself making up a song, you have copyright.
yes, people can be fined or even in some cases go to jail for copyright infringement
to stop people from claiming work which does not belong to them
Yes, copyright is a "property right" that can be simultaneously owned by multiple people, either as joint owners or as "tenants in common" ownership of some percentage.
People cannot be protected by copyright.
It is doubtful that copyright was 'invented' by one person. The term originated in Great Britain during the advent of the printing press, the idea behind copyright thought out by the people worried that their works could be easily reproduced by other people. The Statute of Anne in 1710 made copyright something that was regulared by the government.
You don't DO anything for copyright. It is free and automatic in over 160 countries that belong to the Berne Convention, including the USA. You can optionally use the copyright notice to remind people you own the copyright. You can optionally register your copyright if you're planning to sue someone for infringement in US federal courts.