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From West's Business Law 8th Edition 2001
Copyright
...the Copyright Act of 1976 as amended. Works created after january 1, 1978, are automatically given statuary copyright protection for the life of the author plus 70 years... Copyrights can be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington, D.C. A copyright owner no longer needs to place the symbol or the term Copr. or Copyright on the work to have the work protected against infringement.
To be protected, a work must be "fixed in a durable medium" from which it can be percieved, reproduced or commnicated. Protection is automatic. Registration is not required.
Copyright Infringement
The reproducation does not have to be exactly the same as the original, nor does it have to reproduce the original in its intirety. If a substantial part of the original is reproduced, there is copyright infringement.
Copyrighted material may be used for critisism, comment, news reporting, teaching or research. (last sentence paraphrased, the rest are direct quotes)
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