COPYRIGHT: YOU CREATED IT BUT IS IT PROTECTED
YOU CREATED IT — BUT IS IT PROTECTED? As an Entrepreneur, you may create: 📚 Books 📝 Articles 🎵 Music 🎥 Videos 📸 Photographs 🎨 Designs 💻 Software 📢 Advertising materials and other original creative works. These creations may have value. This is where copyright protection becomes important. Copyright generally protects original creative works rather than simply protecting an idea. Here are five things entrepreneurs should understand: 1️⃣ Creation matters Keep evidence showing when and how your work was created. 2️⃣ Understand what copyright protects Copyright generally concerns original expression rather than an abstract idea. 3️⃣ Don't assume everything online is free to use A photograph, article, video, music or graphic you find online may belong to someone else. 4️⃣ Think about ownership If you hire someone to create content, design or software for your business, understand the contractual arrangements concerning ownership and permitted use. 5️⃣ P...