Copyright Topical Summaries

Authors Labor - no protection

Authors Rights - exclusive rights

Civil or Criminal - what kind of punishment for infringement?

Compilations - what's required for a compilation to be copyrightable

Constitutionally - the basis for United States copyright law

Copyright Facts - 20 specific copyright related facts

Copyright Notice - Is it Really Copyrighted?

Duration - how long copyright lasts from original date (or "when does it expire?")

Electronic Mail - Is e-mail copyrighted?

Fair Use - use of copyrighted material without infringement

Fair Use and the DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act... does "fair use" apply?

Foreign Works - copyright for works from other places

From Creation - when copyright starts

Genealogy - copyright issues

Inadvertent Infringement - ignorance of the copyright laws may not be a defense

Infringement - what it is and what is required to make a claim of infringement

Infringement Remedies - what infringement can get ya

Licenses and Notices - how they may relate to copyright

Not Everything Protected - copyright limited to specific aspects of a work

Originality - a requirement for copyright

Ownership - who owns the copyright?

Permissions - a way around infringement

Plagiarism - relationship to copyright

Pre-planning - example of use of copyrighted materials

Public Domain - what is it really?

Purpose of Copyright - promotion of progress

Really Copyrighted? - some copyrightable material not copyrighted

U.S. Government Works - U.S. Government works are automatically in the public domain

What's Protected - what can be copyrighted

Who Owns the Law? - you might be surprised

Work Place Training -  copyright issues in a training environment