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Copyright Law Overview
Copyrights protect works of authorship from those who would copy them. Works
of authorship can include a wide range of artistic works including paintings,
music, novels and so on. However, copyright can also provide protection for
some things that many people would not normally think of as being works of
authorship. These can include computer software, technical drawings, architectural
plans and even boat designs.
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Copyright Law
Sacco & Associates, P.A. is a law firm specializing in Copyright prosecution
located in South Florida. We represent copyright clients in all aspects of
Copyright matters, including helping clients obtain copyright registrations
and guiding clients concerning copyright infringement matters.
Sacco & Associates, P.A. focuses on protecting the intellectual property
rights of clients.
Copyright Overview
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States
(title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.
This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section
106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the
exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
- To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
- To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
- To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale
or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
- To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic,
and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual
works;
- To display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of literary, musical,
dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic,
or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture
or other audiovisual work; and
- In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means
of a digital audio transmission.
In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution
and integrity as described in section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act.
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