A copyright is extremely easy to obtain. Under federal law, an author need only come up with an original work and then “fix it in a tangible medium of expression.” That’s it — you’ve automatically got a copyright in your new work, and the copyright lasts for your life plus seventy years. But still, the definition is a bit hard to grasp without an example. Take this blog entry: I, the author, wrote this entry (the original work) and then put it into our blog page and clicked publish (fixing it in this tangible medium of expression). I now enjoy (more…)
