Once a work of sufficient originality is fixed in a tangible medium, it's automatically protected. Registration is required in infringement cases.
If you wish to reuse a copyright-protected image, you need permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law.
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There are no requirements on the relative size or location of the copyright symbol, or whether it needs to appear at all.
There is no specific form for transfer; it just needs to be in writing, and signed by the original owner of the copyright.
A creative work is automatically protected by copyright as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium. An invention can be patented; it requires a lengthy and expensive application process.
No. However, since copyright protection is automatic when an original work is fixed in a tangible medium, someone has the rights, and anyone else needs a license.
When you create a work, you automatically own the copyright for your lifetime plus 50 years. Every design, every disk and every digital file needs a copyright notice: "© Your Name Here 2010." If it's marked with a copyright, no one can claim innocent infringement. Source: creativepublic.com
The venue needs a license from the performing rights organizations, such as ASCAP and BMI.
"Copyright in fragment" is a common misspelling of "copyright infringement," which is the violation of copyright.
A band can avoid copyright issues by performing and recording only songs written entirely by its own members. The caveat is, if one of those members leaves, there needs to be an agreement in place to determine the disposition of the rights to their songs.
Copyright gives the rightsholder the exclusive right to copy and distribute the work (among other things). Anyone else wishing to do so needs a license. Uploading a work is copying and distribution. Downloading it is copying.
Copyright law automatically gives the author the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display his or her own work. If formal registration is available in your country, that's always an option, but it is not required for protection.