Circular 1 Copyright Basics
1Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. An original work of authorship is a work that is independently created by a human author and possesses at least some minimal degree of creativity. A work is fixed when it is captured (either by or under the authority of an author) in a sufficiently permanent medium such that the work can be perceived, reproduced, or communicated for more than a short time. Copyright protection in the United States exists automatically from the moment the original work of authorship is Works Are Protected?
Protection (CBP) 4 for protection against the importation of infringing copies. Registration can be made at any time within the life of the copyright. If you register before pub-lication, you do not have to re-register when the work is published, although you can register the published edition, if desired. Effective Date of Registration the
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