The Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act: will fashion finally trump function in the fight for copyright protection of fashion designs? *

USA - September 7 2010
On August 6, 2010, New York Senator Charles Schumer introduced a new bill entitled the "Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Prevention Act" ("IDPPA") which would amend the U.S. Copyright Act to grant certain protections to new and original fashion designs.

If you register your copyright claim in your musical recording, are the lyrics protected too? *

USA - April 30 2010
Sound recordings and musical works are separately copyrightable works that can be owned by the same or different authors.