In Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, a unanimous court held today that although the copyright statute confers exclusive rights upon the author of a work as soon as the work ...
New legislation could simplify how visual artists register for Copyright in the US. The Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act (VACARA) is proposed legislation that aims ...
Technically, any work that can be copyrighted is copyrighted as soon as that work is fixed in a tangible medium. However, copyright registration provides important benefits, such as the ability to ...
“These sorely needed and common-sense reforms are long overdue and are a first step in bringing so many artists back into the very copyright system that is designed to support their efforts in the ...
Although a work is automatically protected by copyright when it is fixed in a tangible medium of expression, under the Copyright Act, an owner must register her works ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Adobe Stock New legislation could simplify how visual ...