Copyright is a legal matter, which is backed up by the majority of governments throughout the world. It gives the exclusive rights to the original creator of any work. A copyright is your right to your copy. You have the right to make copies, to sell your work, to share it, etc. No one else has this right until you sign it over, or give some form of consent. Copyright laws gives you the right to be properly compensated for your work should it be used, you can benefit from it financially or be credited to the work as you see fit.
Copyright gives the ability for companies and for individuals to prevent the complete copying of books, music, photographs or any sort of created materials from being recreated and resold by someone else. It is illegal to reprint or redistribute copyrighted material, and in a case where a person has done this, that person can be sued in a civil court proceeding. If the case is extreme, if there is intent to damage the plaintiff's income or value of the work, it can be tried in a criminal court.
This isn't always completely binding. The courts usually allow 'fair use' of some copyrighted materials. It prevents people being sued over every little incident. This means that if you choose to use pieces of material in order to review it, or for educational purposes, or to make a parody or under other certain conditions, you are excused from being sued for copyright violations.
Today, there are additional laws that cover the Internet, and the use of copyrighted work on websites and shared through networking sites. The Internet makes it easy to copy and paste a written work, and sometimes assumptions are made about what is deemed to be 'fair use' of copyrighted material. Since every case is unique, and depending on the severity of the violation, there are often different ways to handle each incident. This might include a simple enforcement to remove the copied material from a website, to an actual lawsuit, which could cost the defendant as much as $100,000 per violation.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Copyright Your Work For Less! Check Out the Government Copyright Site!
Save Hundreds of Dollars:
Have you paid two or three-hundred dollars to get your work copyrighted? Do you know that you should be able to copyright your work for under sixty dollars or even less than that? If you paid out hundreds of dollars for copyrighting your work, you most likely went to the wrong website. It was wrong in the respect that you probably went to a website that made a great commission on your copyright. Here is why I am writing this article. So many times in the past, I have spoken with those who have copyrighted their own work. And almost always, without fail, they have told me that they have spent from about two-hundred dollars to over five hundred dollars to copyright their own work. And none of them knew that they were paying exorbitant fees. Everyone thought that was just the regular copyright fee. I have told people over and over, that the normal copyright fee is under one hundred dollars and probably much less. I have also told them that they can even save regular fees at the official government website by putting all their creative ventures into one form. In other words, instead of copyrighting one cartoon character, they can put or draw all their cartoon characters into one booklet, book, brochure or some collection like that and pay ONE copyright fee for more than 100 cartoon characters. Everything inside of the book is copyrighted once you copyright the book.
Copyright Forms are FREE:
So, I guess, now you see how you can begin saving money by just having the right websites. One person goes to a website and sees that the copyright fee is over 200 dollars and the next goes to the official government website and sees that the fee is lower AND the official site gives all sorts of FREE information regarding ownership, copyrighting and keeping ownership. There are free forms at the site also. Never ever pay for a copyright form. All forms are free.
It Is All Legal and Official!
To copyright properly, legally, promptly and less expensively, go directly to the US government's website for copyrighting. At that site you will be able to download FREE copyright forms, information and instructions on how to copyright anything and everything that you have ever created. There are key ways to save money-EVEN at the government website.
If you are wondering why you need to copyright your work, just think about it. Have you read the tabloids or newspapers lately? So many times, people claim to write certain songs one year and then someone comes along and claims they wrote the song ten years earlier. Now if you copyright all your work, you are protected from something like that. And if you have a pen, and the forms, and the small fee, you can copyright all of your work. If you write to me (AFTER YOU LEAVE a comment here), I will put you in touch with a website where you can publish your book and have it online in less than one week--without paying any advance fees.
So , you can go to the site, upload your creative work, put it all together and have it online pronto. After that you can officially copyright your work with the government copyright offices if you like.
I write this article for enjoyment, entertainment, connection and information purposes only. I am not a lawyer, legal professional or government worker. I pass this information on to you only as a public service so that you can begin to save money. Do only what is right, convenience, and safe for you to do. Go to the site and make your own choices after reading everything there.
Have you paid two or three-hundred dollars to get your work copyrighted? Do you know that you should be able to copyright your work for under sixty dollars or even less than that? If you paid out hundreds of dollars for copyrighting your work, you most likely went to the wrong website. It was wrong in the respect that you probably went to a website that made a great commission on your copyright. Here is why I am writing this article. So many times in the past, I have spoken with those who have copyrighted their own work. And almost always, without fail, they have told me that they have spent from about two-hundred dollars to over five hundred dollars to copyright their own work. And none of them knew that they were paying exorbitant fees. Everyone thought that was just the regular copyright fee. I have told people over and over, that the normal copyright fee is under one hundred dollars and probably much less. I have also told them that they can even save regular fees at the official government website by putting all their creative ventures into one form. In other words, instead of copyrighting one cartoon character, they can put or draw all their cartoon characters into one booklet, book, brochure or some collection like that and pay ONE copyright fee for more than 100 cartoon characters. Everything inside of the book is copyrighted once you copyright the book.
Copyright Forms are FREE:
So, I guess, now you see how you can begin saving money by just having the right websites. One person goes to a website and sees that the copyright fee is over 200 dollars and the next goes to the official government website and sees that the fee is lower AND the official site gives all sorts of FREE information regarding ownership, copyrighting and keeping ownership. There are free forms at the site also. Never ever pay for a copyright form. All forms are free.
It Is All Legal and Official!
To copyright properly, legally, promptly and less expensively, go directly to the US government's website for copyrighting. At that site you will be able to download FREE copyright forms, information and instructions on how to copyright anything and everything that you have ever created. There are key ways to save money-EVEN at the government website.
If you are wondering why you need to copyright your work, just think about it. Have you read the tabloids or newspapers lately? So many times, people claim to write certain songs one year and then someone comes along and claims they wrote the song ten years earlier. Now if you copyright all your work, you are protected from something like that. And if you have a pen, and the forms, and the small fee, you can copyright all of your work. If you write to me (AFTER YOU LEAVE a comment here), I will put you in touch with a website where you can publish your book and have it online in less than one week--without paying any advance fees.
So , you can go to the site, upload your creative work, put it all together and have it online pronto. After that you can officially copyright your work with the government copyright offices if you like.
I write this article for enjoyment, entertainment, connection and information purposes only. I am not a lawyer, legal professional or government worker. I pass this information on to you only as a public service so that you can begin to save money. Do only what is right, convenience, and safe for you to do. Go to the site and make your own choices after reading everything there.
Help! Using a Lawyer to Help Copyright Your Work
Let's say that you are a professional photographer, and you have taken a lot of photos. Your photos are your moneymakers. You need to protect them as much as possible. This might mean getting your photographs registered with the United States Copyright Office. This official registration protects you by offering you the opportunity to get more back to help compensate when someone should infringe on your rights.
Now the United States Copyright Office usually has forms and fees associated with registering your copyright. This might be a little bit confusing if you have never done this before. Also, you might have a lot of photographs or other things to copyright. With so much to do, you might find it beneficial to contact a lawyer that can help with copyrighting your work.
You can usually find a lawyer by doing a search online for copyright lawyer, and going through the different listings until you find one you are comfortable working with. You might consider asking other professionals whom they use to handle their copyright work. You should do plenty of research before selecting the right copyright lawyer for you.
You should always talk with the lawyer thoroughly before you sign any documents and hand over your information and your work. Make sure you get references and check those. Basically, you want to make sure your lawyer does, in fact, know what he is doing, especially if your case is rather complicated in nature. Consider getting a set rate per work that is actually copyrighted correctly, instead of paying an hourly rate structure.
Once you have found a lawyer that can help you with copyrighting your work, you also have found someone who can help to sue anyone who infringes your copyright. Your lawyer will be a step ahead with already knowing you and knowing the work in question. You'll be able to have legal matters solved quickly over a copyright infringement case. This alone can certainly make it more worthwhile to get a copyright lawyer on your side early on, especially if the works you are copyrighting are your source of income.
Now the United States Copyright Office usually has forms and fees associated with registering your copyright. This might be a little bit confusing if you have never done this before. Also, you might have a lot of photographs or other things to copyright. With so much to do, you might find it beneficial to contact a lawyer that can help with copyrighting your work.
You can usually find a lawyer by doing a search online for copyright lawyer, and going through the different listings until you find one you are comfortable working with. You might consider asking other professionals whom they use to handle their copyright work. You should do plenty of research before selecting the right copyright lawyer for you.
You should always talk with the lawyer thoroughly before you sign any documents and hand over your information and your work. Make sure you get references and check those. Basically, you want to make sure your lawyer does, in fact, know what he is doing, especially if your case is rather complicated in nature. Consider getting a set rate per work that is actually copyrighted correctly, instead of paying an hourly rate structure.
Once you have found a lawyer that can help you with copyrighting your work, you also have found someone who can help to sue anyone who infringes your copyright. Your lawyer will be a step ahead with already knowing you and knowing the work in question. You'll be able to have legal matters solved quickly over a copyright infringement case. This alone can certainly make it more worthwhile to get a copyright lawyer on your side early on, especially if the works you are copyrighting are your source of income.
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