Copyright

Copyright: an intellectual property right and a form of protection provided to the authors of original works, which can include musical, literary, graphic, architectural, pictorial, sculptural, audio-visual, and other types of creations. Copyright protection attaches as soon as the work is created in fixed tangible form and no publication, registration or other action is required to secure the copyright. Copyright protection does not extend to works that have not been fixed in tangible form, works that are not original or things such as ideas, names, titles, short phrases, slogans and listings of contents or ingredients.