Copyright is the protection on an original object. This object can be in terms of many different types of media. Such as literary, music, artistic e.t.c Importantly a copyright cannot be on an idea which is made by a person. For instance the theme in a book where for example when a son is captured and the father goes out to save him. This cannot be copyrighted. If you copyright something you are allowed to reproduce that thing a lot of times. To copyright something, you do not need to register anything.By marking your creation with this symbol: © . It shows that you have copyrighted it. It lasts usually for 70 years or until the creator dies.
Public Domain:
This is when an item is ineligible for copyright protection, or whether the item has expired it's copyright protection.It means a object which isn't controlled by anybody. It is public property and can be utilized and copied by anyone.
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