Copyright law is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself.
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16 Facts About Copyright law
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Copyrights can be granted by public law and are in that case considered "territorial rights".
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The Copyright law Act of 1814 extended more rights for authors but did not protect British from reprinting in the US.
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The most recent major overhaul of copyright in the US, the 1976 Copyright law Act, extended federal copyright to works as soon as they are created and "fixed", without requiring publication or registration.
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State law continues to apply to unpublished works that are not otherwise copyrighted by federal law.
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Copyright law has developed into a concept that has a significant effect on nearly every modern industry, including not just literary work, but forms of creative work such as sound recordings, films, photographs, software, and architecture.
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The Universal Copyright law Convention was drafted in 1952 as another less demanding alternative to the Berne Convention, and ratified by nations such as the Soviet Union and developing nations.
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The United States Copyright law Office says the technique is not a substitute for actual registration.
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US Copyright law requires that the fixation be stable and permanent enough to be "perceived, reproduced or communicated for a period of more than transitory duration".
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UK copyright law gives creators both economic rights and moral rights.
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Indian copyright law is at parity with the international standards as contained in TRIPS.
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In many jurisdictions, copyright law makes exceptions to these restrictions when the work is copied for the purpose of commentary or other related uses.
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The Digital Millennium Copyright law Act prohibits the manufacture, importation, or distribution of devices whose intended use, or only significant commercial use, is to bypass an access or copy control put in place by a copyright owner.
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Transfer or licence may have to meet particular formal requirements in order to be effective, for example under the Australian Copyright law Act 1968 the copyright itself must be expressly transferred in writing.
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Under the US Copyright law Act, a transfer of ownership in copyright must be memorialized in a writing signed by the transferor.
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Copyright law licenses known as open or free licenses seek to grant several rights to licensees, either for a fee or not.
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