What is meant by copyright?

Copyright means rights of an organization or individual to works which such organization or individual created or owns. Copyright shall arise automatically at the moment a work is created and fixed in a certain material form; irrespective of its content, quality, form, mode and language and irrespective of whether or not such work has been published or registered.

Provision of professional opinions and advice in relation to license and assignment of copyright and related copyright

Copyrights are “original works of authorship” and it gives the copyright owner the sole right to make copies; distribute; perform the work publicly (such as for plays, film, dances or music); display your work publicly (such as for artwork, or stills from audiovisual works, or any material used on the Internet or television); and make “derivative works” (including making modifications, adaptations or other new uses of a work, or translating the work to another media).

So think pictures, movies, music that kind of thing. If someone’s website says copyright 2018 or you see the c inside of a circle that is someone asserting their rights in that work and telling others they cannot use it.

Copyrights are protected by common law so as soon as it is “fixed in a tangible medium” the work is protected and if someone is to steal or use that thing, they can get in legal trouble.

Important works should be registered with the copyright office because in order to sue for copyright infringement you need to have a registration for that item.

This is a super basic overview but I hope it is somewhat helpful in explaining copyrights