Re: Re: copyright history and internet copyright

Subject: Re: Re: Re: copyright history and internet copyright

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: : Copyright is a form of protection provided to authors of "original works of authorship", including literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, graphic arts and other creations. : : Copyright protects the author's original creative expression as contained in the work but DOES NOT usually extend to any idea, procedure, process, method, system, discovery, name or short title or slogan. : : Copyright protects the basic rights to publish creative works or reproduce copies among other exclusive rights to the author or owner. : : Copyright through history : : Since ancient times, the right to control copying of authored materials has existed. : : Under Roman law, the right to control use of an authored work was determined by ownership of the work itself. : : “and therefore if Titus has written a poem, a history or an oration, on your paper or parchment, you and not Titus are the owner of the written paper.” : : The Institute, Book 2, Title 1, sections 33 and 34 : : Under such law, the owner of the paper had superior rights to even the person making up the words or drawings. : : Until the invention of the printing press in the middle ages, in order to copy a work, the text had to be recopied by hand. : : Like the internet, the printing press brought on many challenges for the copyright owner. : : The First English (U.K.) laws involved Queen Anne who extended letters to favored publishers which granted them a monopoly over the reproduction of certain works. : : Even our own founding fathers recognized the importance of copyright. : : U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 8 grants to authors and inventors the right for a limited time to have exclusive rights to exploit their creations. : : No doubt that author, inventor and Federalist Thomas Jefferson who served in the Copyright Office had a significant impact in ensuring such rights. : : Congress enacted the first United States Copyright Act in 1790 : : 1 Stat. 124 1st Congress 2nd Sess., c.15. : : For more information about copyrights and copyright protection, visit our site: www.copyrightpros.com : : Our firm assists in the protection of copyrighted material by offering Registration, Counsel and Enforcement services. : : In times of crisis, we find solutions to domain disputes, cybersquatting, “Meta Tagging” and good-old-fashioned trademark, copyright and patent infringement. : : For more information about trademarks and the Internet visit our website : www.namesavers.net : : “Intellectual Property Solutions For the New Millennium” (Sm) : : PLEASE NOTE that while I welcome you to use this information as reference material - IF YOU "COPY" any part of the above and reprint into your homework assignment - you will be guilty of plagiarism - and if you reproduce it without further permission by this author, you just might might even get sued for infringement. ;O) : : Good luck Bobby - get an "A"! : : (c) Anderson & Shippey 2001 : Before you spend money get a second opinion and find and Intellectual Property lawyer you can trust and understand. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive

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