Typically you would first need permission of the copyright holder.
Copyright is the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display a work. For books, copyright is usually ascribed to the author and subsequently licensed to a publisher.
US Copyright Office is an office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyrightmaterial. Google it,,,,
Not necessarily; often works will be protected by copyright long after they are out of print.
They need a license because it helps them to copy information or publications that are copyright protected such as books articles... so fourth. YA MON!
Modern copyright can be traced to the Statute of Anne, 1709. Prior to that, the right to copy was granted to printers rather than authors, and was used almost exclusively for censorship.
The Harry Potter books have not been released legally in electronic form. Any electronic copy would be in violation of copyright laws.
"Author's copyright edition" appears in books from the late 19th-early 20th centuries, usually in foreign editions, to assure the buyer that it is an authorized printing rather than a pirated copy.
Copyright law gives the creator of a work such as a book or magazine the exclusive right to copy it or authorize others to do so.
Copyright makes books and is the were you can turn in books to publish them in to your books that you wrote and CopyRight is the system of all book making
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No. Unless things have changed, the most accepted form of not breaking copyright with printed material is that up to 1 third of the material may be copied for reference purposes. Any more then that is breach of copyright. Why do you think it's called "Copyright" if any one is allowed to copy it entirely? The "right" to copy it remains with the copyright holder.
Yes. Prentice-Hall books should have a copyright page. In most of their books it is after the title page.