Copyright protects the following types of work from being used without the copyright owner's permission:
original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work, including illustration and photography
original non-literary written work, such as software, web content and databases
sound and music recordings
film and television recordings
broadcasts
the layout of published editions of written, dramatic and musical works
Copyright prevents people from doing the following without the owner's permission:
copying a work
distributing copies of it, whether free of charge or for sale
renting or lending copies of a work
performing, showing or playing a work in public
making an adaptation of a work
putting it on the internet
Copyright protection is automatic upon creation. The copyright owner does not have to apply or pay a fee, nor does a piece of work have to be accompanied by the copyright symbol (©) to be protected. There isn’t a register of copyright works in the UK.
You can find out more about copyright on the Library and Learning Services Copyright pages;
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