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Why do I need to register my copyright?

by Clifford D. Hyra on February 6, 2009

You may have heard that copyrights arise automatically when you finish a creative work fixed in a tangible form, such as a book or other writing, picture, sculpture, musical recording, videotaped dance or other performance, computer program or website.  That is true.  However, there is a procedure for registering your copyright with the United States [...]

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I hired someone to make something for me- who owns the copyright?

by Clifford D. Hyra on January 16, 2009

If you hire someone to make or design something for you, you might think the copyright would accrue to you.  But that is not necessarily true.  Copyrights apply to any “work of authorship”- essentially to works of art, such as books, paintings, music, and performances, and to computer programs.  Copyrights generally are owned by the [...]

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