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Copyright and Internet Content

By Jonathan Bick
March 01, 2021

Internet content rights may arise automatically when original content is published online. Internet content authors and artists may enforce their rights by excluding others from copying their work or claiming it as their own pursuant to copyright laws. While these rights granted to Internet content authors and artists are copyright protected, that protection does not extend to facts or ideas, though it may protect the way those facts and ideas are expressed in the internet content.

Internet publication of content can determine the value of content and in conjunction with registration (17 U.S.C. §409(8)) which provides jurisdiction over content disputes. Additionally, publication online impacts the duration of copyright protection among other purposes including optimizing creative and ownership rights and the availability of statutory damages and attorney fees. Thus, it is important to determine when Internet distribution constitutes publication.

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