All members of the World Trade Organization are required to acknowledge minimum protection specified in the Berne Convention. The key points of Berne are that protection is automatic (registration is not required), and protection on most works lasts for the life of the creator plus 50 years at a minimum (the US and some others have extended this to life plus 70 years).
More information on the Berne Convention is at the link below.
Creators of original works are protected.
False
No, it is in the public domain.
Poems are protected for the life of the author plus 70 years.
No; as a corporate work, it will be protected for 95 years.
The 1952 movie is protected by copyright, and will likely be protected through 2047.
Yes; they may also be protected by copyright in some cases.
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Works of sufficient creativity are automatically protected by copyright as soon as they are fixed in a tangible medium.
There are many things by this name; some are copyrightable, and others are protected by trademark.
As long as the pictures are not protected by copyrights. Pictures (and clips) you download or save to your computer can be manipulated as long as you do not infringe on copyrights of material used.
As soon as a work of sufficient originality is fixed in a tangible medium, it is automatically protected by copyright.