PRICE QUOTATIONS FOR COPYRIGHT SERVICES
First, some basic Copyright Information:
· Copyright automatically attaches to your work once you have reduced it to a fixed and tangible medium.
· You already have Copyright protection for any computer software, writings, sculpture, paintings and other artwork, music, and recorded musical performances, or other Copyrightable works you create.
· Copyright applies only to the EXPRESSION of an idea, not to the underlying idea itself. Thus, you cannot copyright an invention or other “concept”. You cannot Copyright an idea for a movie or play (although many have tried), only the actual screenplay or script itself.
· You cannot Copyright individual words or short phrases. You can’t “own” a slogan. However, if a word or slogan indicates the source of goods or services, it may be a Trademark. T-shirt slogans are probably not copyrightable, but the artwork probably is.
· In order for someone to infringe your Copyright, you have to prove they had access to the work, and copied significant portions thereof. The copying has to be pretty substantial and significant. Copying just an “idea” or “concept” is not likely to be considered infringement!
· Note that almost all copying of works (photocopying, making copies of recordings, and the like) is considered infringement of Copyright. “Fair Use” is only a defense to infringement once you have been sued.
· Almost everything less than 75 years old, and even some beyond that age, is Copyrighted. Very little material is actually “public domain”
· Marking your work with a copyright notice ( e.g., © 2003 Robert Platt Bell) is NOT required to retain your copyrights. Just because something does not have a copyright notice on it does NOT mean it is public domain material!
· A Copyright REGISTRATION with the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS will provide you with additional rights such as statutory damages and the like. Registration is inexpensive.
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