According to the US Copyright Office:
Copyrightable works include the following categories:
1 literary works
2 musical works, including any accompanying words
3 dramatic works, including any accompanying music
4 pantomimes and choreographic works
5 pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
6 motion pictures and other audiovisual works
7 sound recordings
8 architectural works
These categories should be viewed broadly. For example, computer programs and most "compilations" may be registered as "literary works"; maps and architectural plans may be registered as "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works.
The word 'copyright' is a verb, an adjective, and a noun.EXAMPLESverb: You should copyright your logo to protect the name of your business.adjective: Check the copyright date inside the cover of the book.noun: Material with a copyright is not permitted in answer boxes on this site.
Censorship can be used to remove copyright material if the material does not belong to you.
The copyright holder, or anyone the copyright holder authorizes.
It can be. Notification is not required for protection.
No. A name is a trademark as in a business . Copyright is a protection of written material. Your name is not written material.
"Copyright obtained" is an unnecessarily wordy way of saying the material is protected by copyright.
Once copyright term expires, the material enters the public domain.
They won't; copyright has nothing to do with that.
No. Public domain means that the material is available for use by anyone, without copyright restriction.
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.
Thus, material must be original and published in a concrete medium of expression to be covered by a copyright. In other words, for material to be eligible for copyright protection, a tangible product must exist
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