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    Copyright Basics
    Copyright Basics
    Copyright Basics
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    Copyright Basics

    By Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJul 1, 2010
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      Copyright Basics - Library of Congress. Copyright Office

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Copyright Basics, by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. and United States

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Copyright Basics

      Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office.

              United States

      Posting Date: August 8, 2009 [EBook #4292] Release Date: July, 2003 First Posted: December 30, 2001

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COPYRIGHT BASICS ***

      Produced by George Davis

      Copyright Basics (Circular 1)

      U.S. Copyright Office - Library of Congress

      Copyright Basics

      September 2000

      ———————————————————————————————————— Copyright Basics ————————————————————————————————————

      (See Format Note at end of document.)

      Table of Contents

        + What Is Copyright?

        + Who Can Claim Copyright

        + Copyright and National Origin of the Work

        + What Works Are Protected?

        + What Is Not Protected by Copyright?

        + How to Secure Copyright

        + Publication

        + Notice of Copyright

          + Form of Notice for Visually Perceptible Copies

          + Form of Notice for Phonorecords of Sound Recordings

          + Position of Notice

          + Publications Incorporating U.S. Government Works

          + Unpublished Works

          + Omission of Notice and Errors in Notice

        + How Long Copyright Protection Endures

        + Transfer of Copyright

          + Termination of Transfers

        + International Copyright Protection

        + Copyright Registration

        + Registration Procedures

          + Original Registration

          + Special Deposit Requirements

          + Unpublished Collections

        + Effective Date of Registration

        + Corrections and Amplifications of Existing Registrations

        + Mandatory Deposit for Works Published in the United States

        + Use of Mandatory Deposit to Satisfy Registration Requirements

        + Who May File an Application Form?

        + Application Forms

        + Fill-in Forms

        + Fees

        + Search of Copyright Office Records

        + For Further Information

      ————————————————————————————————————

      WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?

      Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

      + *To reproduce* the work in copies or phonorecords;

      + To prepare *derivative works* based upon the work;

        + *To distribute copies or phonorecords* of the work to the public by

          sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or

          lending;

        + To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical,

          dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures

          and other audiovisual works;

      + *To display the copyrighted work publicly*, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and

      + In the case of *sound recordings, to perform the work publicly* by means of a *digital audio transmission*.

      In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in Title 17, Chap 1, Section 106a (Circular 92) of the 1976 Copyright Act. For further information, request Copyright Registration for Works of the Visual Arts [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ40.pdf].

      It is illegal for anyone to violate any

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