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Navigating copyright can be complex, especially when it comes to creative works and e-reading. The below article covers the basics and provides guidance on various copyright-related topics. For more detailed information, please follow the links to related articles. You may find an overview of the topic 🔗HERE.
What is Copyright exactly?Copyright is a legal concept that gives creators control over the use of their original works. Copyright applies to original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works that are in a fixed material form (i.e., written, recorded) and means that a copyright owner has
a) the sole right to produce or reproduce that work or a substantial part of it in any material, b) the sole right to perform that work or any substantial part of it in public c) if the work is unpublished, the right to publish it or any substantial part of it
Copyright only protects the physical representation of an idea, not the idea itself. Unfortunately, similar plots, story themes, and titles are not enough to constitute a copyright infringement. This is why there are so many stories and movies that are very similar to each other.
You may read what is considered a copyright infringement 🔗HERE.
How Wattpad deals with copyright Wattpad takes copyright infringement very seriously. Users are not permitted to post stories they do not own unless they have legal permission from the owner and can provide evidence when requested. Your work is automatically protected under Copyright Law as soon you put it into a fixed format, like writing it down. There are several copyright license options that you can select when posting a story on Wattpad, and you can find them in 🔗THIS article.
You can read more about how Wattpad protects your stories 🔗HERE, and you can read about what happens when a story is removed for copyright 🔗HERE.
Reporting copyright infringements Using someone else's work without permission can lead to serious legal consequences. To process the case correctly, it's important to know how you, as the reporter, are related to the work reported. Depending on your situation, please read the articles below. You can also find a compiled overview of this information 🔗HERE.
◘ 🔗Reporting work on Wattpad if you are the owner - You can report content you find on Wattpad that you believe has violated your copyrights. Be sure to be the actual owner of the work, then report it to Wattpad by submitting a DMCA takedown Notice.
