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Question: Can I submit a CD-ROM of my work?

Answer:Yes. The deposit requirement consists of the best edition of the CD-ROM package of any work, including the accompanying operating software, instruction manual, and a printed version, if included in the package.


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Preregistration of a work does not constitute prima facie evidence.

Preregistration of a work does not constitute prima facie evidence of the validity of the copyright or of the facts stated in the application for preregistration or in the preregistration record.

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Copyright Essentials

Original Works of Authorship is protection that subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. Many aspects to Copyrights exist, such as Nondramatic Textual Works , Copyright Exceptions, Books, contact our firm to find out more.

Copyrights in each separate contribution to a periodical or other collective work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole and vests initially with the author of the contribution.

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Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author.

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Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Permission must be obtain to use a copyright by a separte entity. Original Works of Authorship and copyrights last for the life of the author plus 70 years.


NOTE:
Before 1978, federal copyright was generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright, assuming compliance with all other relevant statutory conditions. U. S. works in the public domain on January 1, 1978, (for example, works published without satisfying all conditions for securing federal copyright under the Copyright Act of 1909) remain in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act.

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Copyright News

Improper Font Management Could Have Companies Sleeping with the Fishes
It seems seldom addressed, but international intellectual property laws and copyrights extend to typefaces used by companies everywhere.

Register of Copyrights Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Peters, who recently celebrated 40 years of service in the Copyright Office, received written tributes on the occasion from Librarian of Congress James H. Billington

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Helpful Terms

Substantial Similarity

Definition:
The degree of resemblance between a copyrighted work and a second work that is sufficient to constitute copyright infringement by the second work. Exact word-for-word or line-for-line identity does not define the limits of copyright infringement.

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