Work is automatically protected as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium; that is to say, one of the ways is "write it down."
Formal registration is also available in some countries either through the government or private companies.
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Yes, but only if it has been contractually assigned to you or you inherited it. According to the U.S. Copyright Office: Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only the author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim copyright. In the case of works made for hire, the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author. Section 101 of the copyright law defines a "work made for hire" as: (1) a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or (2) a work specially ordered or commissioned for use as: * a contribution to a collective work * a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work * a translation * a supplementary work * a compilation * an instructional text * a test * answer material for a test * an atlas and only if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire. The authors of a joint work are co-owners of the copyright in the work, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. Note that independently contracted works OUTSIDE of the listed commissions above are NOT "works made for hire", even if the parties call it that, and the author/artist/photographer (not the patron) is the copyright owner (or at least a joint owner, if the patron contributed creative materials to the work). Therefore, the patron must receive a written transfer (assignment) of the copyright in order to register the copyright. Copyright in each separate contribution to a periodical or other collective work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole and vests initially with the author of the contribution. Two General Principles: * Mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any other copy or phonorecord does not give the possessor the copyright. The law provides that transfer of ownership of any material object that embodies a protected work does not of itself convey any rights in the copyright. : However, ownership of a copy may give the owner the right to sell, display, or perform his copy, under specific circumstances, depending upon the medium in which the copy is embodied. * Minors may claim copyright, but state laws may regulate the business dealings involving copyrights owned by minors. For information on relevant state laws, consult an attorney.
The date on a copyright notice will indicate one of two things. Either the when copyright became effective (when the work ewas initially finished) or first date of publication.
There are a great many "urban myths" surrounding copyright law but the two most popular are probably... 1) You have to put a copyright notice on a work to protect it (not since 1989) 2) If I don't charge money for it it's not an infringement. (yes it is)
Unlike the patent process, there is no examination process in copyright registration. However, based on the dates of the two copyrights, the rightsholder of the first work could easily sue the rightsholder of the second work for infringement.
There are two types of copyright in any recorded work: the mechanical right (belonging to the songwriter or his/her publisher) and the master right (belonging to the performer or his/her label).
observing,inferring, are two ways. Find the rest.
If you register a copyright, that means you've created something and want to protect your rights to it. You can then license others to use that work. So copyright registration is saying "this is mine," and copyright licensing is saying "but you can use it."
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Nobody owns copyright of music written two hundred years ago. The copyright of anything published before 1923 is irrelevant as it has expired. Copyright in an unpublished work would also expire according to the laws of the country in which it was created. For comparison, in the USA, an old work previously unpublished but recently issued would have a copyright that does not expire until 2047.
There are two primary factors that must be present for a work to qualify for automatic copyright protection. First the work must be of sufficient originality. Second it must be "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device"
There are two primary factors that must be present for a work to qualify for automatic copyright protection. First the work must be of sufficient originality. Second it must be "fixed in a tangible medium, perceptible to human eye, machine reader or other device"If you wish to formally register a copyright, contact the copyright office in your country for the proper procedure.