Copyright gives the owner, creator, publisher or author the right to control the way their material is used. Everything can be copyrighted, including: Film, Animation, Games, Computer apps, drawings, illustrations and music.
Anything with an independent or collaborative intellectual effort can be copyrighted. Including scripts, lyrics and stories.
If your work is produced in the UK it is protected by copyright.
Copyright means you can't copy, adapt, perform, rent, distribute or lend these items without consent or permission.
You can transfer of legally buy the rights to something legally.
Copyrighted things have different lifetimes depending on what it is. This means that after a certain time, the items become free from copyright.
Literary, Dramatic, Artistic or Photographic items have a life time of the artists life+70 years.
Sound recordings have a lifetime of 70 years.
You must always seek permission to use some work if you intend for the public to see it.
Be careful what sites you share it on, as some sites take ownership of your images.
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