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Copyright is the sole legal right of multiplying copies of an original work or composition; literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work. It grants the copyright holder (usually the author of the work, unless they've relinquished that right) the sole right to produce or publish the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatsoever, to perform or in the cast of a lecture to deliver, the work or any substantial part thereof in public, granted by law for a certain number of years.
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Reserved Rights
Copyright is reserved to the author, who may assign his right either wholly or in part, or grant any interest therein by license, provided the assignment or grant is made in writing, signed by the owner or his agent.
Copyright is the corpus of legal rights given to the authors of intellectual or artistic works to control exclusively the reproduction and dissemination of such works by others.Almost all countries of the world have copyright laws for the protection of authors. Copyright law in the U.S. is based on a clause in the Constitution of the United States that empowers Congress "to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries". The first U.S. copyright statute was enacted by the First Congress in 1790. Four times since then it has been completely revised.On February 15, 1973, sound recordings came under protection of the copyright statute in the U.S. for the first time. Though dramatic or musical performance is not a publication, the right to perform a work is expressly included in copyright.Copyright law includes the following types of works- Literary
- Musical
- Dramatic
- Pantomimes and choreographic works
- Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- Audiovisual works
- Sound recordings
- Derivative works
- Compilations
- Architectural works
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Do you have copyright for this?
Great info Darkside,
Am I correct in remembering that you don't really have to do anything to be protected. Declaring makes it easier to prove time frame of use, which is the reason most put the copyright symbol and date.
Great topic for hub pages. Well done.
Your fan
Mon.
Good information, Darkside. Copyright can be a very complicated subject. It's especially important for HubPages' authors. Thanks.
Good information DarkSide. Do you copyright your hub work?
Copyright is automatic. It's just a matter of enforcing it.
Good hub thanks
I have noticed some work with the copyright symbol on it . How can I get that on my work too?
@Eaglekiwi, do it simply by copying and pasting the symbol. If you check at the bottom of most sites (scroll down and see this hub for instance) you'll notice the © symbol. Just copy and paste it into a text or word document or onto your website.
Late read of a new fan but I found it simple and direct.©
Thank you darkside. I have some old magazines (from 1926) that have some great artwork I would like to use in Hub Pages. I am trying to find information on that kind of copying (images), which led me here. Looks like you don't visit this page (comments) often, but when you do, can you give me any tips? Regards, snakeskane
@snakeslane, there's a good chance that the images from the 1926 magazines might be alright to use. But double check on that.
Hi again. I did a little research. Looks like pre-1923 is in the public domain. After that need to check each publication/and/or artwork individually to see if copyright was renewed after 28 years. Thanks for getting back to me on that.
And thank you for sharing the information that you've found.
Thanks, great information,
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References
- The New International Illustrated Encyclopaedia, Volume 2, 1954
- The Standard English Desk Dictionary, Volume 1 A-L, Bay Books, 1983
- Merit Students Encyclopedia Dictionary, A-K, 1977, Macmillan Publishing
- New Encyclopedia, Volume 7, 1971, Funk & Wagnalls
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Act
Eileen Hughes Level 3 Commenter 3 years ago
So true, Actually I believe it protects people who invent things too. They have to register their patent or something. Maybe that is different aspect.
Good hub Thanks More people should understand what that means and this hub should do that. That way they may stop copying from other people. I suppose we all use other peoples ideas, but that is ok as long as we put our own words and spin on the subject.