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A copyright is a form of protection granted to authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, visual, performing, musical, choreographic, sculpture, architectural, online and dramatic works, motion picture, sound recordings, computer programs and more (common names: book, song, speech, brochure, software, photos, screenplay, manuscript, CD, DVD, website) fixed in a tangible or electronic form.

A sample of the work is required to be deposited with a copyright application and the Copyright Act establishes a mandatory deposit requirement for works published in the US.

Note if multiple authors are contributing to a work and a single person or entity desires to own the collective work then the parties must transfer their rights to the single person or entity via an assignment/work-made-for-hire agreement, otherwise each contributor is owed a ratable share of the profits realized from use of the work.

Duration – a copyright is automatically protected from the moment of its creation and for a term of author’s life plus an additional 70 years. Registration provides extra benefits and protections.