COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
I have published another topic “WATERMARKING”. Copyright protection system is an important application of invisible watermarking, which is intended to prevent or deter unauthorized copying of digital media. Copyright gives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation, after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. A copyright is a form of intellectual property law that provides protection for original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. Copyright protect poems, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Copyright protection does not protect the same things as a patent or trademark would. Copyright protection does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. Your work is under copyright protection the moment it created and fixed in a tangible form so that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Copyright protection apply to any works ‘whether or not’ the materials are officially copyrighted meaning registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Registering copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office will help if there is a legal dispute. You can download the forms needed to register from the copyright office. Registering a copyright is inexpensive, around thirty dollars. It takes about two months for the office to process your registration. Your work is protected with or without a copyright infringement. You can put a copyright notice immediately on your work without registering. The copyright notice includes the symbol ©, the year the work was finished and the author’s name. It should look like this example: © 2000 Your Name. All Rights Reserved. Use a “P” in the centre of the circle for phonorecords. Only the copyright owner or someone authorized by the owner has the right to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords or to create derivative works based on the works. Only copyright owner or someone authorized by the owner has the right to distribute copies or phonorecords to the public by scale, rental or lease. Only the copyright owner or someone authorized by the owner can perform the work publicly, display the work publicly or as in the case of sound recordings perform the work publicly via digital audio transmissions. A copyright today would provide the protection and exclusive rights, lasting the life of the author plus seventy years.
