Copyright law us wikipedia

  • Do US copyright laws apply globally?

    Each country has its own unique copyright laws that govern intellectual property (like copyright) in that country.
    A country's copyright laws only apply to works created and used in that country.
    This means that the copyright an author holds in the United States may not be valid in other countries..

  • Is Wikipedia information copyrighted?

    The text contained in Wikipedia is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention) by Wikipedia contributors and licensed to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
    The full text of this license is at Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License..

  • What is Wikipedia copyright?

    Wikimedia Foundation has the rights to the trademarked Wikipedia and Wikimedia logo.
    Permission is granted to copy, distribute, and/or modify Wikipedia's text under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.

    1. Unported License and, unless otherwise noted, the GNU Free Documentation License

  • Sure, you can use Wikipedia content legally for your own encyclopedia, but you cannot use our Wikipedia logo or specifically use the name Wikipedia to brand it on the front cover, because the name Wikipedia and the Wikipedia logo are registered trademarks.
  • The Copyright Office administers the national copyright system and provides advice on copyright law to congress, federal agencies, the courts and the public.
Copyright protection generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the author. If the work was a "work for hire", then copyright persists for 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever is shorter. For works created before 1978, the copyright duration rules are complicated.
The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture,  Works subject to copyright lawDuration of copyrightCopyright limitations
The United States copyright law protects "original works of authorship" fixed in a tangible medium, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Copyright law includes the following types of works: Literary.

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