Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2019 12:41:37 GMT
© Copyrighting your work ©
This is important information for any creative works authors (including books, stories, artworks, films, recordings, photographs, etc) regarding copyrighting your work.
The bullet points:
▶ In countries that are signatory to the Berne Convention (the USA, the UK, Europe, and many other countries), the creator owns copyright by law, automatically, as soon his/her work is fixed in tangible form. The minute you write down the words, you’re protected by copyright. No further action on your part (such as copyright registration) is required.
▶ Registering copyright increases your protection? This isn’t true either. In a country that offers official registration, registering expands your rights, but does not confer additional copyright protection.
▶ Can you copyright an idea? The short answer is no. There is no effective way to protect an idea with any form of intellectual property protection. Copyright does not protect ideas--it protects the expression of ideas.
▶ Can you copyright a fictional character?
source: corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/protection-of-fictional-characters.html?fbclid=IwAR1AHc8bAxbfTdmP5r6iYERLWjRW9Sb6tAHKBhAGOnFCX1EF_5kLjy6g6Aw
To warrant copyright protection, a fictional character must be specifically described and fully developed. At times overcoming this "description hurdle" may be difficult to achieve. This is because some courts are very skeptical of protecting "word portraits" since they are unable to "see" the differences between one fictional character and another.
While there may still be some degree of uncertainty and inconsistency regarding the legal protection of graphic characters, the legal protection available for fictional characters is even less uncertain and more inconsistent. Therefore, as a generalization, fictional characters have less legal protection than graphic characters.
For additional details, check out the link bellow:
www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/copyright/?fbclid=IwAR3CouWjTOgczGczGZ49w7WTJdZGf_7_HRDlSn92dEwQsiqhJT17FNKCQkM
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This is important information for any creative works authors (including books, stories, artworks, films, recordings, photographs, etc) regarding copyrighting your work.
The bullet points:
▶ In countries that are signatory to the Berne Convention (the USA, the UK, Europe, and many other countries), the creator owns copyright by law, automatically, as soon his/her work is fixed in tangible form. The minute you write down the words, you’re protected by copyright. No further action on your part (such as copyright registration) is required.
▶ Registering copyright increases your protection? This isn’t true either. In a country that offers official registration, registering expands your rights, but does not confer additional copyright protection.
▶ Can you copyright an idea? The short answer is no. There is no effective way to protect an idea with any form of intellectual property protection. Copyright does not protect ideas--it protects the expression of ideas.
▶ Can you copyright a fictional character?
source: corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/protection-of-fictional-characters.html?fbclid=IwAR1AHc8bAxbfTdmP5r6iYERLWjRW9Sb6tAHKBhAGOnFCX1EF_5kLjy6g6Aw
To warrant copyright protection, a fictional character must be specifically described and fully developed. At times overcoming this "description hurdle" may be difficult to achieve. This is because some courts are very skeptical of protecting "word portraits" since they are unable to "see" the differences between one fictional character and another.
While there may still be some degree of uncertainty and inconsistency regarding the legal protection of graphic characters, the legal protection available for fictional characters is even less uncertain and more inconsistent. Therefore, as a generalization, fictional characters have less legal protection than graphic characters.
For additional details, check out the link bellow:
www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/copyright/?fbclid=IwAR3CouWjTOgczGczGZ49w7WTJdZGf_7_HRDlSn92dEwQsiqhJT17FNKCQkM
Thanks for the Like & Share,
TAOG.