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Question: What works are protected?

Answer:"Copyright protects ""original works of authorship"" that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories: literary works; musical works, including any accompanying words dramatic works, including any accompanying music pantomimes and choreographic works pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works motion pictures and other audiovisual works sound recordings architectural works "


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Question: How Do I Make a FOIA Request?

Answer:"Most requests the Copyright Office receives for information from parties invoking the FOIA are actually information requests of the nature routinely received by the Office's Public Information Office. "




Question: Which form should I use?

Answer:Generally, to register literary works and computer programs, use Form TX; for performing arts, use Form PA; for single issue serials/periodicals, use Form SE; for a group of issues of serials/periodicals, use Form SE/Group.




Question: How do I get permission to use somebody else's work?

Answer:You can ask for it. If you know who the copyright owner is, you may contact the owner directly. If you are not certain about the ownership or have other related questions.





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Obviousness

Definition:
A condition of non-patentability in which an invention cannot receive a valid patent because a person with ordinary skill in that technology can readily deduce it from publicly available information (prior art).

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