What is a copyright?
"Copyright" literally means the right to copy. If you have already written your poetry or poems, using a pen, typewriter, computer or recorder, you already hold the copyrights. However, problems can arise if you are required to provide credible evidence of when you first created your poetry or poem...
According to the US Copyright Office, your poetry is classified as "Literary Works". Poetry that accompanies music is considered part of a "Performing Arts" registration.
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The US Library of Congress defines "Literary Works" as follows: |
Literary works include nondramatic textual works with or without illustrations. They may be published or nonpublished. Computer programs and databases also are considered literary works. Plays, dramas, and screenplays are not in the literary works category (see Performing
Arts page). |
»fiction
» nonfiction
» manuscripts
» poetry
» contributions to collective works
» compilations of data or other literary
subject matter
» dissertations
» theses
» reports
» speeches
» bound or looseleaf volumes
»advertising copy
» single pages of text
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Why do I need to protect or register the copyrights on my poems and poetry?
While in theory, any literature has copyrights the instant it is committed to a reproducible format, in this Internet age, we highly recommend that date-stamping your copyrights becomes the second thing that you do. The sooner you can produce credible date-stamped evidence of your copyright ownership, the better off you will be. Read more
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No matter what, your SEAL™ file will always credibly represent the earliest moment in history that your poetry was in your posession... |
