Unfortunately, "originality" is not defined in the law, and court decisions are inconsistent.
See the link below for an interesting case.
Copyright protection is automatic as soon as a work of sufficient originality is fixed in a tangible medium. If formal registration is available in your country, you may choose to do this as well, but it is not required.
Copyright is automatically assigned on creation of a work. There is no formal registration process. Copyright will belong to a company if a work is created by a person during company time and the course of their employment, otherwise the copyright automatically belongs to the person creating a work.
There is nothing that need to be done to "claim" a copyright. Copyright protection is free and automatic. All that is needed is that a work of sufficient originality is "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device".
It isn't necessary to register artwork for it to be protected. Copyright protection is automatic, as soon as a work of sufficient originality is "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device".If you do decide that you want or need the additional protection a formally registered copyright can provide, contact the copyright office in your country for the proper procedure and applicable fees.
You need to write something original and then publish it, applying the copyright mark, the date and your name. ------------------------------------------ Bear in mind that it isn't necessary to take any action for a work to be protected. Copyright protection is automatic, as soon as work of sufficient originality is "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device". --------------------------------------------- If you want the additional protection of a formally registered copyright, however, contact the copyright office in your country for the proper procedure and required fees.
You own the copyright on whatever you have made if it is original. This is thanks to something called the Berne Convention. The problem arises when you have to prove that you were the original author of this work. You can basically have to prove that you were the original author and you must have this backed up independently. Sending yourself a CD in the mail does not work, because it's not independent i.e. the CD is kept in your possession. You can register your copyright claim online using a service such as http://www.provemycopyright.com and they will independently back up your claim of originality.
You don't need to do anything special for copyright protection to exist.Copyright protection is automatic, as soon as a work of sufficient originality is "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device". There is no requirement to register a copyright or to display a copyright notice for a work to be protected.However if you want or need the additional protection a formally registered copyright can provide, contact the copyright office in your country for the proper procedure and applicable fees.
Yes; works of sufficient creativity are automatically protected as soon as they are "fixed."
When you create something original, it is your intellectual property, and you retain rights for it for a limited time. For some types of rights (most notably copyright), protection is automatic but formal registration is available in some countries; for patent, on the other hand, registration is required for protection.
If you have created a new work, it is automatically protected by copyright, without anyone's permission.If you want to copy something but you don't get permission, either youneed an exemption in the law (such as fair use or fair dealing), or you are guilty of infringement, and can be sued.
Copyright gives the creator of a work the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display a work, or authorize others to do so, for a limited time. Once that time has expired, the work enters the public domain and can be used by anyone, for any purpose, without permission.
No, copying and pasting is copyright though.