Copyright

=Copyright=

Copyright is the right to produce and reproduce work based on the laws in the area. If someone copies or edits the work without the creators permission or knowledge, they will be responsible in compensating for any profits that the creator has lost from the copying of the work.

A person cannot copyright work that has been explain and told orally or that is in only thoughts. As soon as a person makes their thoughts and their work into something tangible, they are able to copyright the work and claim it as their own. Copyright in work usually lasts for 50 years after the authors/creators death and usually after those 50 years, the work goes into the "public domain" and can be used however which way.

Copyright can't be able to protect ideas but the way the ideas are being used to create something useful and something different. The way the ideas inspire people to make new inventions, novels, songs, paintings, etc. The idea of a great hockey game can't be copyrighted but a movie that is called "The Great Hockey Game" can be copyrighted since it is a creation from the idea and not the idea itself.

Copyright can be sold to others so the copyright and permissions can be owned by someone else other than the creator. Usually the case when people sell songs they write themselves to other well known artists after they are copyright. It is possible to even create a license for the use of something that is copyright. The license can be used under the specifications of the license from the creator and however the work is used must follow the specifications. Usually the case when movies are created from novels.

People are able to quote a passage from work that is copyright especially in novels usually for education purposes. They however are not able to quote the entire novel and they have to properly cite where the passage came from while indicating the author, the year it was created, etc.

To properly copyright something, the information needs to be submitted to the Canadian Copyright Office. Even though the work is copyright as it is created, it would be easier in court if the work does become stolen to identify the actual owner. Without it being properly copyright, it would be difficult to specify who did create the work when in court and when it actually was created.