What does copyright do?
In a nutshell, copyright law is about giving authors (creators) control over the copying of their work. This control is achieved by giving authors of copyrighted works the exclusive right to carry out...
View ArticleWhere does copyright protection come from?
Copyright protection arises automatically once a work that meets the statutory requirements is created (these statutory requirements are described in this section of copyright basics). There is no need...
View ArticleWhat can be protected by copyright?
There are three requirements that must be met before something can be protected by copyright: first, it must be appropriate subject matter; second, it must be sufficiently original; and third, the...
View ArticleWhere does copyright apply?
Any country can only grant copyright protection within its borders. However, most countries are party to at least one international treaty which gives copyright owners in one country access to...
View ArticleHow long does copyright protection last?
Generally, in Canada the term of copyright protection expires 50 years from the end of the calendar year of the author\’s death (\”life plus fifty\”). The term of copyright protection varies from...
View ArticleWho owns the copyright in a work?
The default answer is that the owner of copyright in a work is the author of that work. However, there are circumstances where another person or entity who is not the author may own the copyright: The...
View ArticleWhat is copyright?
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