Article provided by Timothy B. McCormack, Seattle Copyright Attorney working in area of copyright litigation, procurement and development. This article is a continuation in the series of Software Copyright articles.
The owner of a copyright enjoys six exclusive rights:
(1) the right to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
(2) the right to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;
(3) the...
Article provided by Timothy B. McCormack, Seattle Copyright Attorney working in area of copyright litigation, procurement and development. This article is a continuation in the series of Software Copyright articles.
Under the current Copyright Act, registration is not required for an author to receive copyright protection. Registration, however, provides several advantages and benefits, including:
(1) statutory damages and...
Article provided by Timothy B. McCormack, Seattle Copyright Attorney working in area of copyright litigation, procurement and development. This article is a continuation in the series of Software Copyright articles.
The statutory formalities of (1) notice, (2) deposit, and (3) registration have become increasingly less important since 1989 when copyright law was simplified under international legal standards. Because the old...
Article provided by Timothy B. McCormack, Seattle Copyright Attorney working in area of copyright litigation, procurement and development. This article is a continuation in the series of Software Copyright articles.
To fix your work in a tangible medium of expression, you must embody it in a copy that is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a sufficiently...
Article provided by Timothy B. McCormack, Seattle Copyright Attorney working in area of copyright litigation, procurement and development. This article is a continuation in the series of Software Copyright articles.
In addition to being an original work, a work must be a “work of authorship.” Typical works of authorship include:
(1) literary works (books, magazines, brochures, computer programs, and other written...
Article provided by Timothy B. McCormack, Seattle Copyright Attorney working in area of copyright litigation, procurement and development. This article is a continuation in the series of Software Copyright articles.
To be “original,” a work must be created independently but does not necessarily need to be new (i.e., unique or different from existing works). As a result, as long as you do not copy your work from the...
