Monday, February 8, 2010

Can you copyright under a false name?

are you able to copyright something under a pseudonym or another alias of some sort?Can you copyright under a false name?
Yes, under the US copyright notice statute ';the name of the owner of copyright in the work, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner.'; 17 USC 401(b)(3)Can you copyright under a false name?
Of course you can. Countless authors have copyrighted their works using pseudonyms. And countless musicians have done the same.





You may be required to give the copyright office your real name however. Check the website to make sure.
i think as long as the material is lea gal in nature you can. But you might want to look up copyright laws. I think some classical music isn't copyrightable but I'm not sure. All in all I'm kind of hazy on learned and unlearned material versus publishing dates for instance if I though of something unique with out outside influence what is the properer way to express it so that it is unique to me. All in all as far as money goes I guess I would go with the comet naming approach.
-copyrightable works are protected from the moment they are fixed in tangible form, whether published or unpublished.


-copyright protection begins with a works' ';creation and endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death';


-works for hire and


**************************** anonymous pseudonymous works are protected for 95 years from publication or 100 years from creation, whichever is shorter.********************************


- there is a ';fair use'; limitation on the exclusive rights of the copyright owners, In other words, it may be permissible to use small excerpts from a copyrighted work without permission, these factors govern fair use';

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