How Copyright Protection Works
By Finn Jensen
What does copyright protect?
Copyright is a type of intellectual property law, and it protects
original works of authorship including dramatic, literary,
artistic works and musical, and such as poetry, movies, novels,
songs, computer software and architecture. Copyright does
not protect ideas, facts, systems or methods of operation,
though it may protect the way these things are expressed.
How can I copyright my website?
The original authorship that appears on a website may be protected
by copyright. This includes artwork, writings, photographs
and other forms of authorship protected by copyright. Actions
for registering the contents of a website can be found in
Copyright Registration for Online Works.
How about copyright and my domain name?
Copyright law does not protect domain names. The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that is a nonprofit
organization that has understood the responsibility for domain
name system management is administrating the assignation of
domain names through recognized registers.
How about copyright to a slogan, logo, name or title?
Copyright does not protect titles, names, slogans or short
phrases. In a few cases these things may be protected as trademarks.
Get in touch with U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on phone
800-786-9199 for additional information. Nevertheless copyright
protection may be obtainable for logo artwork that contains
enough authorship.
Can I protect my ideas?
Copyright does not protect systems, concepts, ideas or methods
of doing something. You may convey your ideas in writing or
drawings and claim copyright in your explanation, but that
copyright will not protect the idea itself as revealed in
your written or artistic work.
Copyright protection and unpublished work.
Publication is not required for copyright protection. It can
be done with unpublished work as well.
Architecture copyright protection?
Architectural work became subject matter to copyright protection
on the 1.st of December 1990. The copyright law defines architectural
work as “the design of a building embodied in any tangible
medium of expression, including a building, drawings or architectural
plans.” Copyright protection extends to any architectural
work created on or after Dec. 1, 1990. Any architectural works
that were incomplete and embodied in unpublished plans or
drawings on that date and were constructed by December 31,
2002, are entitled to protection. Architectural designs embodied
in buildings constructed prior to December 1, 1990, are not
entitled for copyright protection. See Copyright Claims in
Architectural Works
Much more information about Copyright
Protection on this website. See for yourself.
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