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Copyright Law And Legal Protection Of Your Work
By Gabriel Adams
Copyright law is a means of securing legal protection of your ownership of a publication or another
type of intellectual property, such as a website or a blog. If you publish a book and sign a contract with
a publisher, you normally agree to relinquish all rights to the work until a certain condition is met. This
can be a length of time, in which case you will start to earn royalties after your book has been in print
for a certain number of months. It can also be a price, which would be the total royalties that your book
must earn before you start getting paid. This price is normally your publishing advance, so when your
book has made more than your advance, you start earning royalties.
When you publish a book, a website or a blog you automatically establish ownership of that content,
whether you sign a contract or not. International copyright law can be extremely complicated, with
many different clauses and conditions. However, the standard copyright for any publication is the life
of the author plus fifty years. Once this time is over, the copyright of the publication could fall into the
hands of any number of entities. Your copyright usually falls into the public domain, but you could
have a special clause in your contract stipulating otherwise.
There are two different types of copyright that are generally established for a publication. The first is
the copyright in the literary work itself, which has the duration of your life plus fifty years. The second
is the copyright