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Copyright Essentials
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is protection that subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. Many aspects to Copyrights exist, such as
Songwriting,
Music Copyright,
Published Collections ,
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Copyrights 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.
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Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, regardless of
the nationality or domicile of the author.
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Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a
tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible
so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Permission
must be obtain to use a copyright by a separte entity.
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and copyrights
last for the life of the author plus 70 years.
NOTE: Before 1978, federal copyright was
generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright, assuming
compliance with all other relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the
public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works published without satisfying
all conditions for securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of
1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act.
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