In the US, the Constitution gives Congress the right to give creators and inventors exclusive rights for a limited time.
Copyright is a federal law.
patents and copyrights
he made it easier
Wyoming is the state you are thinking of. Also they are quite proud of it and have even copyrights to its use.
When a licensed product has a copyright protected sign, it is protected from being copied by other companies. "Protected by law" Watch MANNY AND LOLA on facebook
No; privacy law would be more involved with this.
Yes; copyright law originated in England in 1709 under the so-called Statute of Anne.
Oh yes they are. Disney holds the copyrights to all of their images, etc.
Only use materials in the public domain, for which you are the copyright holder, or for which you have permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law.
State Law
patents and copyrights
In place of a copyright notice, explicitly state that you wish to donate the work to the public domain.