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''For Conservapedia's copyright policy, see [[Conservapedia:Copyright]].''

''For Conservapedia's copyright policy, see [[Conservapedia:Copyright]].''

'''Copyright''' is federal [[law|legal]] protection for the rights of authors in their works for a limited time period.  Copyright law (title 17, U.S. Code) is  enacted under the authority of the [[Copyright Clause]] in the [[Constitution]], "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for a limited Time to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

'''Copyright''' is federal [[law|legal]] protection for the rights of authors in their works for a limited time period.  Copyright law (title 17, [[United States Code|U.S. Code]]) is  enacted under the authority of the [[Copyright Clause]] in the [[Constitution]], "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for a limited Time to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

Copyright protects authors of "original works of authorship", including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, software, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.  It does not protect the ideas contained in the work, just the original creative expression of those ideas.

Copyright protects authors of "original works of authorship", including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, software, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.  It does not protect the ideas contained in the work, just the original creative expression of those ideas.