Top 11 Copyright Myths and Misconceptions
1.- What is copyrightable and what is not?
Copyright protection exists in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.
Works of authorship include the following categories:
- literary works;
- musical works, including any accompanying words;
- dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
- pantomimes and choreographic works;
- pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
- motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
- sound recordings; and
- architectural works.
Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. After all, copyright law doesn’t protect ideas, only the expression of the ideas.