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What are the legal ramifications for not updating the copyright year on a website?

None. In fact since 1989 a copyright notice isn't even required for protection to exist.


How do you copyright a CD you created yourself?

It isn't necessary to do anything for copyright protection to exist. In most countries copyright is established as soon as an original work is completed and "fixed in a tangible medium". If you decide that you do want to formally register your copyright you will have to consult the Copyright/Intellectual property office in your area.


What qualifications do materials require for copyright protection?

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


If copyright holders were to no longer exist would the world be a better place to live in?

Not for people with copyrights!


Why did William Shakespeare copyright Romeo And Juliett?

The notion of "copyright" didn't exist until probably at the earliest the Licensing of the Press Act of 1662, so Romeo and Juliet was not copyrighted. Even if it had been, it would certainly be out of copyright now; Disney wasn't around to lobby Congress to keep extending copyright protection back then.


How does the general public feel about copyright laws?

They misunderstand them. They find them limiting, inflexible, and frustrating. They basically wish they didn't exist.


How is copyright good for business?

It depends on how the business interacts with copyright. Some companies create protected materials, some use materials created by others, and some exist specifically to manage copyrights and license uses.


When the thermometer in the copyright?

Several different types of thermometers (at the time called thermoscopes) were developed in the 16th century. As an invention, rather than a book or painting, etc, there would never have been copyright protection for such a device. In any case, the protection of copyright laws did not exist in the 16th century


Is there a time limit on a trademark or copyright?

Copyright extends for a fixed period (generally 70 years past the death of the author) and cannot be renewed. Trademarks exist for a shorter period (10 or 20 years) but can be renewed indefinetly.


Do Copyright laws exist to protect those who create an idea or product?

No; ideas are not copyrightable, and products are protected by patent and/or trademark as applicable.Added: Since the question was not answered by the above contributor. . . Copyright laws protect the intellectual work that was produced by those who created it.


Where to buy dragon ball af manga books?

sorry but dragonball af doesnt exist and never will.unless somebody continue the series and do copyright


Can a church use any music or do copyright laws exist restricting or prohibiting that?

Churches are bound by the same laws as any other organisation, including copyright. Some would say they have an even greater moral obligation to uphold both the letter and the spirit of the law.An unauthorised public performance of music, even in a church, could be a breach of copyright.

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