Copyright Quick Form


   SEARCH:

Copyright Topics

Copyright Items Our Firm Can Help With

- Negotiate License Agreement

- Videotapes

- Interim Regulations

- Recordings

- Register Of Copyrights

- Trademark

- Interim Designation

- Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Get more information >

Copyrights FAQs


Question: Does the copyright office have special mailing requirements?

Answer:Our only requirement is that all three elements the application, the copy or copies of the work, and the filing fee be sent in the same package.


FAQs Related To Separate Registration & Copyright Topics


Question: What are the fines for copyright infringment?

Answer:Anyone found to have infringed a copyrighted work may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and that amount may be increased up to $150,000 for each.




Question: Should I use the same address that I use for mandatory deposit?

Answer:No. If you choose to register your work, send the work, completed application form.




Question: What does copyright protect?

Answer:Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.





Have a copyright or a creative work? protect it!
Yes I do, Please have Digital-Millennium-Copyright.com email me to get a FREE INFORMATION PACKET with confidentiality agreement so I can get moving.

Copyright News

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Largest CD Manufacturing Piracy Scheme Uncovered in U.S.
The FBI estimates that approximately 494,000 pirated music, software, and movie Cd's, and DVDs, and more than 5,500 stampers were seized during those raids.

LA Man Charged after Attempting to Make Copy of the MCAT
The total statutory maximum sentence for these three offenses is 26 years.

Read more news >

Helpful Terms

Derivative Work

Definition:
A work based on a preexisting work that is changed, condensed, recast, or embellished in some way.

See more terms >