Copyright is a form of protection granted by law to authors of original creative works. It gives the author exclusive rights over reproduction, distribution, public performance, public display, and creation of derivative works. Copyright protection applies automatically when a work is created and fixed in a tangible form. It covers both published and unpublished works including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works. Not all creative works are subject to copyright protection which does not extend to facts, ideas, or systems. Copyright's purpose is to promote innovation and creativity by providing incentives for creators while allowing limited use of copyrighted works under exceptions like fair use.

2.  Copyright is a form of protection given to
authors/creators of original works.
 This property right can be sold or
transferred to others.

3.  Copyright is a form of protection
grounded in the U.S. Constitution and
granted by law for original works of
authorship.
 The current copyright law, the Copyright
Act of 1976, is codified in Title 17 of the
U.S. Code.

4.  Copyright law assures ownership, which comes with
several rights, that the author has exclusively. For
example:
› Make copies of the work
› Distribute copies of the work
› Perform the work publicly
› Display the work publicly
› Make derivative works

5.  Copyright holder may grant permission
or license anyone else to do these
things, without affecting their ownership
of the actual copyright in their work. For
example, an author may permit a
television adaptation of their book to be
made and broadcast .

6.  The law provides certain ways in which
copyright works may be used without the
need to first obtain permission from the
copyright holder - these include:
› Fair use (e.g. to make copies)
› Public domain
› Library privilege
› Copying for examinations and copying for
instruction

7.  Copyright covers both published and
unpublished works.
 Copyright protection is automatic at the
moment the work is created and fixed in
a tangible form that it is perceptible.

8.  Literary works
 Dramatic works
 Musical works
 Artistic works

9. Not everything is protected by copyright
law.
 Copyright does not protect
facts, ideas, systems, or methods of
operation.

10.  Copyright protects original works of
authorship, while a patent protects
inventions or discoveries.
 A trademark protects
words, phrases, symbols, or designs
identifying the source of the goods or
services of one party and distinguishing
them from those of others.

11.  They want to provide “universal access” to research, education
and culture.
 Copyright was created long before the emergence of the
Internet, and can make it hard to legally perform actions we take
for granted on the network: copy, paste, edit source, and post to
the Web.
 The default setting of copyright law requires all of these actions
to have explicit permission, granted in advance, whether you’re
an artist, teacher, scientist, librarian, policymaker, or just a
regular user.
 In order for Creative Commons to achieve the vision of universal
access. They provide a free, public, and standardized
infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the
Internet and the reality of copyright laws.
http://creativecommons.org/abou

12.  Under the Teach Act, the Copyright law
provides educators with a separate set
of rights in addition to fair use, to display
and perform others´ works in the
classroom.
 These rights are entitled in Section 110(1)
of the Copyright Act, and apply to any
original work an educator wants to use.

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 Source 5: Copyright in general. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/1-what-is-a-copyright/
 Source 7: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.copyrightkids.org/whatcopyframes.htm