Copyrights

Different from both patents and trademarks, copyrights protect original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible format.

You've worked long and hard on your original music. How can you keep others from using and profiting from your music without your consent? Here's…

"All rights reserved" is a term you can use when labeling the kind of copyright you retain in your creative work.

If you've already made a website, then you've got copyright protection for some elements of the site. But if you want to use those protections in…

In order to qualify for copyright protection, an original creative work must exist in tangible form—in other words, written down or in a form you can…

Registering a copyright is essential to fully copyright a book and protect your rights as an author.

Copyrights and trademarks are both important tools in protecting your intellectual property, but knowing what you need can be confusing.

Copyrighting a script can help protect you if someone steals your work or uses it without your permission.

Any time you incorporate an existing picture or story into a new work of art, you run the risk of violating the copyright on the original.

The great French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin once said, “Art is either plagiarism or revolution.” More than 100 years later, this…