So that no one can say your work is theirs.
The intent of copyright is to encourage creativity by giving creators the opportunity to ascribe value to (and ideally derive income from) their imagination and hard work.
Not necessarily. The release date can be well after the copyright date.
There is no such thing as "un-copyright". Something is either copyrighted or not. If it is copyrighted, then the copyright eventually expires, making it public domain.
Copyright is an expensive thing I dont think that they can afford F1 copyright so they gave up
The actual product does not have the copyright marks. Mine is really cool
The word Copyright should always be capitalized. It is a specific name for a specific thing.
Yes, the Berne Convention is an international copyright agreement. All signatory nations will recognise the copyright on works of authors from any other signatory nation.
The creator of a work generally owns the copyright unless other arrangements were made. But a single thing can have many rightsholders.
Owning an image or the copyright to an image are the same thing. When you hold the copyright to an image it is yours to do with whatever you will, and you can decide who has permission to use it or not. There is no difference.
No, everything on the web is not copyrighted. You have to claim copyright by placing a copyright symbol or getting a license claiming it's protected.
First thing to think about is copyright. Is it legal for you to rip that DVD?
It can be said that the frequently extended terms of copyright are diminishing the public domain, but that is a matter of opinion. In general, copyright is a good thing, as it encourages people to create.
Copyright infringement is so easy and prevalent that it's literally impossible for copyright owners or law enforcement to consistently enforce the law. As a result, personal ethics come into play when a content user is deciding whether to do the right thing or the easy thing, since there's little likelihood of actual punishment.