Well... since we are talking in technicalities, it started out by
me wondering if people still bought orchids on EBay. Then
morphed into a picture debate.

Crystal

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"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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FYI, for those of you who are not reading every single thread in this
group,
and who thus might be wondering why Ray is posting on Copyright, copyright
has been the topic of debate in thread "Do people still buy orchids on
eBay?" -- it started out with orchid images on eBay, so while a tangent,
it
is not off-topic for this group.

Joanna

"Ray" wrote in message
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From the US Copyright Office website:

"Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in
fixed
form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the
property of the author who created the work. Only the author or those
deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim
copyright."

...and

"Copyright Secured Automatically upon Creation
The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently
misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the
Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. (See following Note.)
There are, however, certain definite advantages to registration. See
"Copyright Registration."

Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work
is
"created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time.
"Copies" are material objects from which a work can be read or visually
perceived either directly or with the aid of a machine or device, such
as
books, manuscripts, sheet music, film, videotape, or microfilm.
"Phonorecords" are material objects embodying fixations of sounds
(excluding, by statutory definition, motion picture soundtracks), such
as
cassette tapes, CDs, or LPs. Thus, for example, a song (the "work") can
be
fixed in sheet music (" copies") or in phonograph disks ("
phonorecords"),
or both."
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