Copyright protection is automatic as soon as the work is fixed in a tangible medium. You may copy it yourself, or work through a gallery or agent.
for it not to be pirate copied or for the movie not to be copied
Windows 7 is copyrighted and cannot be legally copied. It must be purchased.
No, short phrases such as "sold only online" cannot be copyrighted.
Yes, the artwork is just a picture and can be copied via internet
With permission, yes.
It was sold in New York for $5,682,500.
Yes the artwork would be protected as a copyrighted work and the logo would be registered as a trademark by the company.
To protect the software's developers rights of distribution. So that no parts of code are copied without the author's permission.
Licensed software.
On the contrary the kept lots of Greek art, adored it and copied it.
Obviously. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to sell it without having it copied by everyone and they'd end up with a few pennies.
Yes, because plagiarism means 'to copy illegally' and is basically taking credit for what you copied, and the thing you copied is copyrighted, patented, trademarked, or service marked. Plagiarism is an act of fraud.