“Copyrights are a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution
and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium
of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works.” Copy
rights are a form of protecting you intellectual property, keeping people from
stealing your creations. Unfortunately Copyrights don’t protect against everything
for example facts, ideas, systems or methods of operation, but what it does
protect is the way they are “expressed.” A good way to protect yourself from
Copyrights is, staying away from thing that are copyright especially when you’re
planning on using it for your own benefit. This
is usually called an infringement which occurs when a copyrighted work is
reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a
derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner. Fortunately when it comes to your creations
your work is protected at the moment it’s created and fixed in “tangible form.” If
you publish or use the creative work of others, their trademarks, or certain
confidential business information without the permission of the owner, you may
be exposing yourself to legal liability for violations of intellectual
property law.” “Fortunately, if you allow your site's user to post this type of
content you can protect yourself from copyright infringement claims
under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as long
as you establish effective "notice-and-takedown" procedures, promptly
remove content when a copyright owner notifies you that it is infringing, and
have no knowledge that the material in question is infringing. Best thing you
can do for your protection is to just keep all your work Copyrighted, and to
keep anything and everything protected your never know when you may come up
with something good that may be worth tons last thing you want is to have it
stolen!
http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/protecting-yourself-against-copyright-claims-based-user-content
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