In the US...
According to the US Copyright Office:
• Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or recorded)
• Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar sym bols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamen tation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents
• Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration
• Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources)
In addition, works of the federal Government are not protected.
You will find that most material on websites is protected under copyright. The website owner should be able to tell you who the copyright owner is. You would then negotiate a price with the copyright owner to allow you to use their material.
Trademark yes copyright no.
A website is considered a "literary work" under copyright law.
Drugs and other pharmaceuticals are protected under the patent laws not under the copyright laws.
A copyright protects original material (text, images, audio) recorded in a fixed format. There are two types of copyright, national and international. National copyright only protects original material produced within the country's borders. If your music was produced in the United States, then it is protected under US copyright laws, but not laws of other countries. International copyright, on the other hand, protects your music no matter where it was produced. A European artist can be protected by international copyright laws in the USA, for example.
Technology would typically be protected by patent law, with the exception of software, which can fall under both copyright and patent.
If it is no longer protected by copyright, there are no rights to obtain.
Ideas that have been expressed in a tangible medium can be protected by copyright. Ideas for improving processes can be protected by patent law.
They aren't; such inventions would be protected by patent law.
In Canada software is protected as a literary work under the Copyright Act of Canada. Copyright is acquired automatically when an original work is generated, the creator is not required to register or mark the work with the copyright symbol in order to be protected.
Inventions are not protected by copyright; they are protected by patent law. Patents may be searched through Google.
Yes; the play will be protected through 2034, and the screenplay will be protected through 2043.