This is an attempt to bring together information relating to copyright. This is not a comprehensive listing nor is it a legal document, and is supplied for informational purposes only.
U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code) is a federal law, that is intended to promote the arts and the sciences. It does this by providing authors of original literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works the ability to control how their work is used by others. The copyright law generally gives the author exclusive right to :
The copyright protection is generally granted for the lifetime of the creator plus 70 years.
The author may transfer ownership of copyright to others such as a publisher and in this case the publisher has the exclusive rights to copy, publish and distribute etc.