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Copyright is a federal law of the United States that protects original works of authorship. A work of authorship includes literary, written, dramatic, artistic, musical and certain other types of works.
Copyright attaches as soon as the original work is created, and applies to both published and unpublished works. As soon as you type words, click the shutter on your camera (or, for many of you, hit the home button on your iPhone), apply paint to canvas or paper or lay down tracks for your next hit, you’ve got a copyright (with some exceptions).
Copyright is an automatic right and does not require the author to file special paperwork, as is the case for trademark and patent. Registration is required to enforce the rights, but as a matter of right, an author is not required to register anything to get the right to use the “circle c,” showing the work is copyrighted.
We encourage you to use as many original photos as you can muster up. Since these are your family's photos, you may be safe in using any images that have been in your family for generations. We require that you sign off on your GriotBook stating that you are not using any copywritten contents to the best of your knowledge. If you have photos that are in question, please contact us at (888) 600-2011.
Copyright attaches as soon as the original work is created, and applies to both published and unpublished works. As soon as you type words, click the shutter on your camera (or, for many of you, hit the home button on your iPhone), apply paint to canvas or paper or lay down tracks for your next hit, you’ve got a copyright (with some exceptions).
Copyright is an automatic right and does not require the author to file special paperwork, as is the case for trademark and patent. Registration is required to enforce the rights, but as a matter of right, an author is not required to register anything to get the right to use the “circle c,” showing the work is copyrighted.
We encourage you to use as many original photos as you can muster up. Since these are your family's photos, you may be safe in using any images that have been in your family for generations. We require that you sign off on your GriotBook stating that you are not using any copywritten contents to the best of your knowledge. If you have photos that are in question, please contact us at (888) 600-2011.
