Copyright Policy

Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section "What Works Are Protected."

Literary Works. Musical Works. Dramatic Works. Pantomimes and Choreographic Works. Pictorial, Graphic, and Sculptural Works. Motion Pictures and Other Audiovisual Works. Sound Recordings. Compilations.

Works without enough originality (creativity) to merit copyright protection such as titles, names, short phrases and slogans, familiar symbols or designs, font design, ingredients or contents, facts, blank forms, etc. cannot be copyrighted.

Literary, musical and dramatic works. Pantomimes and choreographic works. Pictorial, graphic and sculptural works. Sound recordings. Motion pictures and other AV works. Computer programs. Compilations of works and derivative works. Architectural works.

In general, for works created on or after January 1, 1978, the term of copyright is the life of the author plus seventy years after the author's death. If the work is a joint work with multiple authors, the term lasts for seventy years after the last surviving author's death.

Simply go to the Registration Portal of the Copyright Office's website. It allows you to select the specific type of creative work you seek to register, with such choices as literary works, visual arts, photographs, or performance.

Copyright requirements There are three basic requirements for copyright protection: that which is to be protected must be a work of authorship; it must be original; and it must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

Copyright Defined as a legal concept that gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to exploit the work for a limited time and prevent others from copying the work.Moral rights The three moral rights granted to the creators of copyright in Part IX of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).

Copyright is the legal and exclusive right to copy, or permit to be copied, some specific work of art. If you own the copyright on something, someone else cannot make a copy of it without your permission. Copyright usually originates with the creator of a work, but can be sold, traded, or inherited by others.