Intellectual Property
Did you know that anything you create is copyrighted? According to the US Copyright Law, any creative work fixed in time and space is protected from use, adaptation, and distribution by an entity or person who doesn’t own it. In this section you will learn a little bit about your intellectual property rights.
This is not intended to be legal advice. Your instructors are not lawyers. This is intended to be an overview of the concept of intellectual property as it affects you.
Readings
What is Copyright by US Copyright Office
Uncertainty, Copyright, and Courage by ASCAP president Paul Williams
Tutorials and Films
Copyrights and Making Films by Turner Clay (This is a two minute film that can impact what you choose to film in your own works.)