Dear Reader,
It has been requested of me that I teach you about copyright. Why? Because I just have to. Now the actual definition of copyright for those of you who don't know is...
The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. If that makes absolutely NO sense to you here is my modified version: Copyright is basically the right of an author, illustrator, publisher, etc. to copy, sell, or distribute their work. There. Does that make sense? Good. Copyright exists upon creation. Or in other words once you create a piece of work its yours and you have copyright over it. Copyright lasts until 70 years after the creator dies. What is the point of copyright? You may ask. Well the point is so that nobody copies, steals or sells your work without permission.
There is also something called Creative Commons. Creative Commons is a specific license that allows others to copy your work and use it to a certain degree. There are certain restrictions that the creator can establish. This is set up so that people don't have to ask the creator to use it by email every time.
When someone disobeys the copyright laws it is called Copyright Infringement. The creator of a piece of work can sue the person who committed the copyright infringement ONLY if the piece of work is registered (this means that the work is official and public) before the lawsuit. This is pretty much the basics of copyright.
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