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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Who Protects Copyrights?

Who protects copyrights? The U.S. Copyright Office, and no one else.

Copyrights are created when an author creates a copyrightable work in a fixed medium, and are protected by registration with the U.S. Copyright Office.

The U.S. Copyright Office has no subsidiary registration facilities.

The U.S. Copyright Office has only a single website -
www.copyright.gov

If it is not a U.S. Copyright Office registration, it is not a copyright registration.

Only copyright registrations with the U.S. Copyright Office provide statutory protections.

Copyright rights and protections are governed solely by federal law.

The U.S. Copyright Office's only website is
www.copyright.gov and its .gov (not .com).

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www.noreklaw.com

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