Copyrights

        Copyright: Protection to authors of published and unpublished original works, including art, literary works, maps, movies, architectural plans, photographs and computer programs.

       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the US Constitution is the source of copyrights. Copyright covers the creative expresesion, not the underlying ideas expressed.

        For more information about Copyright and the forms needed to apply for copyright, read Copyright Basics, available on the Copyright Office website.

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