What is copy right briefly explained

A copyright offers protection for original works of authorship. Copyright protection affords the author of a copyrighted work with specific rights that the author can give or sell to others or keep for him or herself.

The concept of copyright protection in the United States is set forth in the original U.S. Constitution which allows Congress to pass laws that promote and encourage the progress of the useful arts.

This section of FreeAdvice primarily addresses newly created works rather than works created in the past. Such older works are generally governed by the copyright laws in effect at the time of their creation.

Read more: http://law.freeadvice.com/intellectual_property/copyright_law/what-is-a-copyright.htm#ixzz3Q8c7N7iC
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution
Follow us: @FreeAdviceNews on Twitter | freeadvice on Facebook
Published by markpabear
10 years ago
Comments
2
Please or to post comments
markpabear Publisher 9 years ago
to 69anyoldtime : It was a simple explanation and I put in the website link for people to read more if they wanted :smile:)
Reply Original comment
69anyoldtime
Good writeup. I handle a lot of copyright, copyleft, and fair use claims from my years in the music industry and copyright seems to be so misunderstood it amazes me.
Reply