What types of things are protected by copyright?
A short list of some of the obvious “stuff” that is protected includes books, paintings, songs on the album you just bought, a movie or video clip, a blog post, even your last email can be protected by copyright. Works of Authorship: • Literary works- books, newspaper articles, blog posts, even your last email • Musical works- • Dramatic works- plays, screenplays, TV scripts • Choregraphic works- dances, ballets, mime performances • Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works- paintings, drawings, photographs, and illustrations you made for your website • Motion Pictures and other audiovisual works- obviously this cover movies, but also live webcasts, video podcasts. • Sound recordings • Architetural works 1. Literary works; The term “literary works,” which does not connote any criterion of literary merit or qualitative value, is statutorily defined in section 101 of the Copyright Act as “works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbol
