What may I copyright?

May 11, 2008
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Copyright may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or works. These include poems, theses, plays, and other literary works, movies, choreographic works (dances, ballets, etc.), musical compositions, audio recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, software, and radio and television broadcasts of live and other performances. It is important to note that mere ideas are not considered protectable by way of copyright. The author must have written down or recorded the creation in a material form for copyright to come into existence.