"... On Jul 27, 5:38 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]>
wrote: ..."
> For clarity, can you site us some copyright law that tells us clearly
> that as soon as we post something in this group (no matter what name
> we are posting under, and whether or not we have a legitimate profile
> to match it) we own a copyright to it without actually applying for
> copyright with the office of the country of our citizenship? This
> would certainly be of interest to me and go a long way in clarifying
> the concerns we are all voicing now. Last I checked, copyright was
> something you applied for and were awarded after (in the US) paying
> for the privilege. There is, on the internet, creative commons
> copyright, but as that is not in use here, it does not apply.
17 USC Sec. 102 holds your answer. TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS, CHAPTER 1 -
SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT, Sec. 102. Subject matter of
copyright: In general
(a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title,
in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of
expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be
perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly
or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship
include
the following categories:
(1) literary works;
(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;
(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;
(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;
(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;
(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
(7) sound recordings; and
(8) architectural works.
This is the raw law. Let me point you to
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/17C1.txt
which along with the above law also has the historical and revision
notes which describe what the law is intended to encompass and how it
should be interpreted.
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