1. Understanding Copyrights

2. What is a copyright???
At its basis, a copyright is a legal right granted to a creator of an original work of authorship to control publication, production, sale, or distribution.
Copyrights cover the following:
Music lyrics, beats
Novels, books
Art work

3. Copyrights begin upon creation of a work in tangible form (a form that can be seen or touched, such as a book, drawings, movies, CDs, or video games).

4. In order for a something to be “copyrightable” it must be inherently creative or “original”. Therefore, a mere collection of facts such a a telephone book would not be copyrightable, but on the other hand a clever collection of facts or a work accumulating such facts in an original way may be copyrightable.

5. The symbol means the product is copyrighted.
Copyrighted work does not need to be registered

6. Things that cannot be copyrighted
Titles
Names
Short phrases
Slogans
Symbols
Designs
Coloring
Ideas
Methods
Procedures