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Kaliko & Associates
500 N. Franklin Turnpike
Ramsey, NJ 07446 Tel: 201-962-3570 |
WHAT IS A COPYRIGHTCopyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of "original works of authorship" including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. The 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of a copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, and to display the copyrighted work publicly. The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject matter of the work. For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only prevent others from copying the description; it would not prevent others from writing an original description of their own or from making and using the machine. The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress registers copyrights. If you would like us to prepare a copyright application for you, please call us at 201-962-3570 for a free consultation. |