Ollie Coles, Copyright Law

Copyright Law

Ollie Coles

Ollie Coles, Copyright Law

What Is Copyright?

• The rights cover; copying, adapting, distributing, renting to public.

• Types of work protected; Song lyrics, computer programs, important documents. Also art such as paintings are protected.

• It should show an individuals unique style in the piece of work to qualify for copyright protection.

• You do not need to claim for copyright, as soon as it is created it is protected by copyright

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How to Copyright Your Work

• To ensure that a piece of work is entitled to be protected by copyright you need to have solid evidence that the ideas are your own.

• If the work is found out to be copied off of the internet (plagiarism) then the work will not be allowed to be copyrighted.

• If the piece of work is a joint piece then agreements have to be made on what rights each person has.

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Length Of Copyright

• For any work that comes under the literary, dramatic or artistic work categories, copyright lasts for 70 years.

• For photos, copyright lasts 70 years after death of the artist. However it depends on which copyright they are subject to, Parliamentary is 50 years and Crown is 125 years.

• Sound recordings are copyrighted for the next 50 years after the end of the year they are made.

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My Logo, Advert & Banner

• The images I used in my advert and banner were photos taken by myself so there is no way I have breached any copyright laws. This means that I can safely use them and also if someone wanted to use them they would have to ask for permission.

• In my images I used in the logo I did get them off of Google which may infringe copyright laws. However if the owner of them really wants to protect them they usually put a company signature on some part of the image so nobody can use them.

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Bibliography• http://www.is4profit.com/business-advice/general-advice/copyright-basic-facts.html?gclid=C

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