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Re: How do you copyright your own work?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 02:49:20 GMT
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To be protected by copyright, a work must be an original work of authorship
fixed in any tangible medium of expression. A work of authorship is not limited
to writings, but includes music, motion pictures, sound recordings, pictorial
works and sculpture. To be "original" it must have been created by the author,
not slavishly copied from the work of another. A derivative work (example, a
black and white sketch copy of a color painting) is sufficiently original. The
originality requirement is very low. Fixed in a tangible medium means it must
be embodied in a copy (in plain English, you can touch it). I see no reason why
a Lego creation would not be protected by copyright law.
Copyright protection is automatic upon creation and no formal registration
requirements are required. To file suit and obtain statutory damages, I think
you still need to register the work, but this can be done immediately before
filing suit.
Your response about not being allowed to publish pictures without the consent
of all the persons in the picture is generally not true. Do you think the
National Enquirer gets permission for their pictures? Permission is only
required when you will use the picture to promote a product or service
(example, the face on the box of Wheaties), where the pictures are the product
(example nude photos of models) or in very rare cases where certain privacy
rights would be violated (no examples suitable for a family forum such as
this).
I am a lawyer, but not in the pejorative sense :).
Regards,
Mark Cornell
Eugwe Coral wrote:
> In the US - if you take a photograph of something it is AUTOMATICALLY
> copyrighted, however....You cannot publish it without the permission of any
> people in the photo....
> I am not a lawyer either - but an avid photographer...
>
> Gene.
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| "MC" == Mark Cornell <mcornell@chi.tds.net> writes: MC> Fixed in a tangible medium means it must be embodied in a copy (in MC> plain English, you can touch it). Something else that has come up here, for example in the Maersk case, is purely digital (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| In the US - if you take a photograph of something it is AUTOMATICALLY copyrighted, however....You cannot publish it without the permission of any people in the photo.... I am not a lawyer either - but an avid photographer... Gene. (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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