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Works are protected by copyright as soon as they are "fixed." If you wish to register a work with the copyright office, you may do so.
Typically, the documents will be "original" enough to be protected by copyright automatically.
Works are automatically protected once they are fixed, but you can register your art with the copyright office if you wish.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright; only the expression of those ideas. If you write a script, it is automatically protected; registration is not required.
It is automatically protected as soon as it is fixed, but you may register it with the Canadian Intellectual Copyright Office (link below).
Logos are protected by trademark, not copyright. Adidas began using its logo in 1949, filed for trademark protection in 1969, and received formal registration in 1970.
Computer piracy is the copying and distribution of copyright-protected software without permission of the copyright holder. Office piracy is the unauthorized copying and distribution of the popular Microsoft Office suite of programs.
No; formal registration is not required for protection.
ITIL is owned by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and is copyright and trademark protected, from http://whatisitil.com/
In the US, registration can be filed electronically at the link below. Registration is not required for protection.
In the US, registration can be filed electronically at the link below. Registration is not required for protection.
Copyright laws are administered by federal governments. In the US, for example, Congress oversees the Library of Congress, of which the Copyright Office is a division.Authorizing the use of copyright-protected materials falls to the rightsholder or his or her appointed administrator.