what does it mean when you have copyright?

Answer 1

it means someone can get a lawsuit against you if you infringe on their item that is copyrighted also can fine you and imprison you for said item for doing this.

Answer 2

In the UK you do not need to register something to ensure it is copyright protected - if you produce something you own the copyright. The following was taken from the the UK Patents Offce:

"here is no official registration system for copyright in the United Kingdom (UK) and most other parts of the world. There are no forms to fill in and no fees to pay to get copyright protection.

So long as you have created a work that qualifies for copyright protection, that is it falls into one of the categories of material protected by copyright, you will have copyright protection without having to do anything to establish this. It is a requirement of various international conventions on copyright that copyright should be automatic with no need to register.

To help protect your copyright work, it is advisable to mark it with the © symbol, the name of the copyright owner and the year of publication. Although this is not essential, it will let others know when the term of protection started and hence whether it is still covered by copyright, and indicate who to approach should they need to ask permission to use the work. "

Answer 3

Copyright is a protection that covers published and unpublished literary, scientific and artistic works, whatever the form of expression, provided such works are fixed in a tangible or material form. This means that if you can see it, hear it and/or touch it - it may be protected. If it is an essay, if it is a play, if it is a song, if it is a funky original dance move, if it is a photograph, HTML coding or a computer graphic that can be set on paper, recorded on tape or saved to a hard drive, it may be protected. Copyright laws grant the creator the exclusive right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute, perform and display the work publicly. Exclusive means only the creator of such work, not anybody who has access to it and decides to grab it. Also for the word on the other answer, the word is patent not payton

Answer 4

If you are talking in the UK, if you took a picture you own the copyright and no-one can reproduce it without your permission.

If you are talking text then you can't really copyright it - once anything is in the public domain the issues become blurred.

Ultimately depends on what you are planning to copyright.

Answer 5

Means no 1 could use whatever u had that was copyrighted.... example, US is the only nation that could own nuclear and Atomic bombs,.... if iraq or north korea had them, they would be invaded by rednecks eventually, cos those weapons were copyrighted by US government. n that is y US citizens are so ignorant

Answer 6

I depends how you have pay-tended the copyright.
But Payton's can take months or even years to put through.
But if someone makes money off your idea you can quite likely sue them for you share of lost profits, damages or more then that.
Provided in is exact the words of the payton.

Answer 7

Nobody can take from you what is yours, just like when you get a
patent, if you have an idea and someone sees it before you get your rights to it they can have it instead.
better safe then sorry.

Answer 8

It means you own a particular licence for that piece of music or ducumentation.

Answer 9

in theory your protected if someone rips off your thing
notice I say in theory
china for example has other ideas

Answer 10

Nobody can copy you and pass it off as their idea.