Copyright means rights of
an organization or individual to works which such organization or individual
created or owns. Copyright shall arise automatically at the moment a work is
created and fixed in a certain material form; irrespective of its content,
quality, form, mode and language and irrespective of whether or not such work
has been published or registered.
Copyrights are “original works of authorship” and it gives
the copyright owner the sole right to make copies; distribute; perform the work
publicly (such as for plays, film, dances or music); display your work publicly
(such as for artwork, or stills from audiovisual works, or any material used on
the Internet or television); and make “derivative works” (including making
modifications, adaptations or other new uses of a work, or translating the work
to another media).
So think pictures, movies, music that kind of thing. If
someone’s website says copyright 2018 or you see the c inside of a circle that
is someone asserting their rights in that work and telling others they cannot
use it.
Copyrights are protected by common law so as soon as it is
“fixed in a tangible medium” the work is protected and if someone is to steal
or use that thing, they can get in legal trouble.
Important works should be registered with the copyright
office because in order to sue for copyright infringement you
need to have a registration for that item.
This is a super basic overview but I hope it is somewhat
helpful in explaining copyrights
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