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Copyrights protect expression and are generally associated with the aesthetic qualities. Thus, literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works may be protected by copyright. Furthermore, for example, the arrangement of words may be protected by Copyright, but the ideas embodied in the words may not be protected and may be freely used by others. Copyright protection attaches when a work is placed in a tangible medium, such as written on paper, recorded, or created on a computer screen.
Copyrights registrations are generally simple and inexpensive and often can be acquired by the author or creator without a lawyer’s assistance. To request registration of a copyright, select the appropriate form from the Library of Congress web site (loc.gov) and file the completed application (on one two-sided sheet of paper when not filing electronically) with the modest fee. Copyright applications are frequently approved without responsive arguments.
