Whats a tangible form?
This means your idea has to available to others to see, hear, and/or feel. Your artistic work can be expressed as a tape-recorded song, music notation, a photo, a drawing, in writing, in an email, etc. What’s a derivative work? A derivative work is one that uses an original idea as the basis for its creation. For example, if you wanted to write a book using Harry Potter as a main character, you probably would run into problems. This is because the author of the Harry Potter books holds the copyright in the characters in addition to the plot of her books, movies, etc. Just because you want to put that character into a different plot is merely copying the character. Copying someone else’s idea without permission is a copyright infringement. On the other hand, if you are the creator of a work, your creation is protected from someone else making minor changes and claiming it as their original idea. How do I get a copyright? As soon as you fix a creative idea into a tangible form (a web pag
