MBU 2520 Chapter 3: copyright - ch 3
15 Sep 2016
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Requirements for copyright: originality undefined by the copyright act (congress wanted to let courts establish standards of originality) a. i. A work has been independently created by its author, rather than copied from another work a. ii. Requires a minimal amount of creativity: expression must have some original expression of the author rather than mere ideas, even if the ideas are totally original b. i. Ideas must be for free use to encourage free artistic expression and the greatest number possible of artistic works: fixation work must be fixed in tangible form c. i. Cannot just be an idea in someone"s head. Categories of copyrightable works: literary works, musical works b. i. The originality and expression requirements for musical works b. i. 1. b. i. 2. b. i. 3. b. i. 4. Iv: sound recordings, literary works, dramatic works, pantomines and choreographic works, pictoral, graphic, and sculptural works, motion pictures and other audiovisual works.
