HOW LONG DOES COPYRIGHT PROTECTION LAST FOR?  A-Z OF COPYRIGHT

 

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Copyright is a protection for original literary or artistic work. Like the leaping humpback whales artwork above. Copyright is free, after publication or other assertion of your rights.

 

 

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HOW LONG DOES COPYRIGHT PROTECTION LAST FOR?

The period your copyright work is protected for depends on a number of factors such as the type of work you have created and when it was made. For example, when you write a poem your work will be protected until 70 years after your death. But if you act in a play, any rights in your performance are protected for a period of 50 years.

 

Typically, under the Berne Convention., rights in books or scripts last for 50 years after the death of the author. Or, fifty years from publication.

 

WHEN IS YOUR (MY) WORK PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT
HOW DO YOU COPYRIGHT YOUR WORK?
HOW LONG DOES COPYRIGHT PROTECTION LAST FOR?
WHAT ARE EXCEPTIONS TO COPYRIGHT PROTECTION?
IS YOUR WORK PROTECTED IN THE UK & INTERNATIONALLY?
HOW DO YOU CREATE COPYRIGHT?
HOW IS YOUR WORK PROTECTED?
HOW ABOUT UPLOADING YOUR WORK TO THE INTERNET?
WHAT If SOMEONE WANTS TO USE YOUR WORK?
HOW CAN YOU BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR USE OF YOUR WORK?



HISTORY OF "COPY RIGHT"

The Berne Convention 1886 states that all works except photographic and cinematographic shall be protected for at least 50 years after the author's death.

In the UK, the first copyright Act of Parliament dates back to the Statute of Anne in 1709.


Other legal statutes, the Urheberrechtsgesetz in Germany and the Droit d’auteur in France, literally mean “authors’ rights” or “rights of the author”.

 

 

 

 

 

COPYRIGHT - This hand built prototype vehicle, is copyright protected. Designs may also be registered, but the artistic copyright is automatically covered, with each photograph and drawing, and of course the full size bodywork, chassis layout, interior design, etc., etc, is protected by Design Copyright. It makes a nonsense of the patent system, that costs so much, no start up could ever compete. And generally, the existing companies, do not want you competing, though some will be scouting for talent and skills. Students with no previous experience helped to build this custom car, now on display at a private museum in Sussex - though not yet open to the general public.

 

 

 

Copyright is legal right that protects the use of your work once your idea has been physically expressed. The current copyright legislation in the UK is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You can find out more about copyright legislation by visiting the Intellectual Property Offices (websites) in your country, or the WIPO, international World Intellectual Property Organization, a division of the United Nations.

 

 

EXAMPLES OF WORKS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT:

Literary works such as books, blogs, articles, poems
Underlying Musical score, composition, lyrics
Commercial music
Photographs
Artworks
Film footage

 

 

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Headquarters: World Intellectual Property Organization - 34, chemin des Colombettes - CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. 

Tel: +41 22 338 9111  
https://www.wipo.int/

 

 

 

 

 

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