How do you check copyright fraud?

Answer 1

Depends what the fraud is.

Copyright is an automatic right granted in almost every country in the world to anyone who creates something in tangible form. There is no registration process, no fees or anything like this. It just happens - you already own the copyright to the text in your question and as I write this I am granted the copyright to it.

Copyright infringement would be any unlawful use of copyrighted material - dosn't matter how it's used, whether a profit is made, whether credit is given etc.

The length a copyright period lasts varies - in the US it's 95 years, in much of the rest of the world it's the lifetime of the author and 70 years thereafter.

Only if a work is in the public domain (free of copyright) or the author has given express permission can copyrighted material be reproduced. There are exceptions such as the Fair Use Policy which allows extracts to be used, for example when providing a review of a work. There are other exceptions for educational purposes.

Maybe post another question with more specific details - what copyright has been infringed, how, when etc.

Answer 2

For yourself or someone else? Do you mean plagiarism?
Copyright is designed primarily to protect an artist, publisher, or other owner against any unauthorized copying of his works—as by reproducing the work in any material form, publishing it, performing it in public, filming it, broadcasting it, causing it to be distributed to subscribers, or making any adaptation of the work. A copyright supplies a copyright holder with a kind of monopoly over the created material, which assures him of both control over its use and the pecuniary benefits derived from it.