Copyrights
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States of America. (title 17, US Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1967 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of the copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following.
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To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
| To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
| To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
| To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
| To display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and
| In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission. |
It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of the copyright. Remember, the work that someone has placed on the Internet is free for your use, if you use it, give credit to the creator or writer.
For more information go to the following links.
Soruce: www.copyright.gov
isafe.org