Dec 26 2008
What Exactly is a Copyright?
After reviewing the history of copyright law, a reasonable question is, “So just what is a copyright?” A copyright gives an author a legal way to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute his/her original work.
Since Congress and the courts have used legislation to have the term “author” mean a person who produces original work through intellectual labor, anyone who expresses an idea in a tangible form - words, painting, sculpture, photograph, or music - is considered an author for copyright purposes.
Without copyright laws, J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, might have only earned a fee for selling her original work. The buyer of her manuscript would have been able to publish her book and sell copies without paying her any additional fees. But because Rowling copyrighted her work, she could sign a contract with a publisher to have her stories published and receive royalties for every copy sold.
© 2008 Anne Wallingford
Great links and posts in regards to copyright. Very useful information. Thanks for the comment on my blog and the link. Very much appreciated.
I appreciate the comment. But why don’t you give us the www. for your blog so folks can follow the thread, themselves?
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