Perfect and Strengthen Yours Copyrights

Copyright is the law of authorship and grants a body of exclusive rights to visual authors. This paper presents a survey of the meaning, scope and profound validity of copyright, and notes some of the increasing pressures wrought by the digitization of the world’s creative works and the rise of anti-copyright advocates. Although proposed orphan works legislation would override the protections afforded by registration, registration remains a prudent choice for artists under current law. A brief guide to registering and searching the new ECO (electronic Copyright Office) and traditional Copyright Office catalogs assists visual authors with the monitoring of their public records