Copyright 101: Just What Is It, Anyway?
By Heather Faucher | Posted on June 11, 2009 | Filed Under Copyrights
So, what exactly is copyright, anyway? Copyright is basically the legal exclusive right of an author of a creative work to control the copying of that work. Copyright law grants that creator the exclusive right to control who can make copies or derivative works based on that original work. Creators can also sell or license that right, whether before or after creating the work.
In order for something to qualify as a creative work, it must exist in tangible form– in other words, it has to be on disk, paper, some artistic medium such as sculptures or similar. It has to be creative as opposed to just factual data. Most things people write, photograph, sculpt, draw, or record qualify as creative, although verbal work isn’t copyrighted until it’s put onto tape, i.e. tangible form.
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