Copyright is automatic as soon as any artist has

created a work, so long as it is written down or recorded.

Artists usually have to apply for a copyright license to protect their original and creative artworks.

An artists creative work is automatically copyrighted after three weeks of review by an industry panel.

All artists, including musicians, writers and film makers must apply for copyright and their work is protected after this process.

Ideas for a film or book are protected by copyright.

Copyright does protect an artists ideas.

An artists work is protected by copyright.

Copyright does not protect ideas.

Copyright is different to plagiarism

Using your own words in an assignment is called plagiarism.

Plagiarism is about using someone else’s work and pretending it is your own.

Plagiarism is asking permission to copy someone's work.

Copyright is important because it allows people to use other peoples creative work.

Because it provides users with the ability to make changes to their work.

The importance of copyright allows others to manipulate images off the internet.

It is important because it gives creators control over their creative works.

Copyright protects things like ideas, conversations, agreements and statements.

Copyright protects any original work including music, text, images, films and sound recordings.

Copyright helps protect people's freedom to use someone's creative original work.

Copyright can protect the original work of someone's manipulated image or sound recording from the internet.

The duration of copyright can last for 70 years after the creator of the work has died.

The duration of copyright lasts forever as long as the family of the creator of the work pays a licence.

Copyright for an artist will only last if the creator keeps their own work.

Copyright will last for 70 years after an artist sells their work.

People that want to use someone's work still need to ask permission.

No-one can access creative work in the public domain because you still need to seek permission first.

When copyright expires an artist's work is owned by their family.

A work becomes part of the public domain, meaning that anyone can use it without permission.

The artists family will normally own copyright to the work.

The government will own a percentage of copyright once the artist pays their copyright fees.

The creator of an original work will normally be the owner of that copyright.

Anyone can own copyright of someone's work without permission.

An artist can still claim royalties (money) even if they sell their copyrighted work.

The creator will no longer have copyright ownership of their work.

The copyright owner has six months to make money off the work after selling it to someone.

An artist still has a say about how the person can use the work after it has been sold.

Get permission from the copyright office of registration.

Send an email to the copyright owners parents for permission to use the artists work.

Ask the copyright owner for permission.

Give the artist credit for using the copyrighted work in advance.

If the person using it does not make any profit from it in a non-commercial way.

When students want to use an artists' work for an online competition.

If someone asks permission from the copyright owners family.

As long as the copyrighted work has been credited to the artist.