5 Key Points in Copyrighting

5 points from the article:

1. You do not need permission to use work if material the is not covered by copyright.

2. You don’t need to have permission when you are making a “fair use” of the work and when you are using creative commons.

3. There are two kinds of copyright rights, the reproduction right and the public performance right. The reproduction right is when someone reproduces the copyright in a copy and public performance right is to perform the copyrighted work publicly in a play, movie or music.

4. You do not need permission if the material is U.S. Government work.

5. You do not need a permission to use an informational use of a trademark