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- Can copyright be owned jointly?
- Can copyright be renewed, extended or revived once it has expired?
- Can I reproduce a certain percentage or a certain number of words of another work without having to get permission?
- Can I stop someone else using my book title or my pen-name?
- Can I use a pen-name or company name in a copyright notice?
- Can I use material that I wrote but which I have sold?
- Do I have the right to prevent a library lending or renting my work?
- Do I need permission to translate a work?
- Does putting the copyright notice on a work mean that that person owns copyright, even if they didn't write the book?
- How can I prove I am the copyright owner?
- How can I prove that I am the author?
- I have written a paper which describes a new method of doing something. Is my method or technique protected by copyright?
- I want to write a novel based on the central theme of another work. Can I do this?
- I was commissioned by a company to create a work. Who owns copyright in it?
- I wrote a document as part of my job. Who owns copyright in it?
- If my work has been published, can I grant a multimedia producer the right to publish it on CD ROM?
- If my work has been published in a magazine, can I now allow it to be used in another publication?
- Is my work protected if I use a pen-name or pseudonym?
- Is plagiarism the same as copyright infringement?
- Is there standard wording for a copyright notice?
- My work is being copied in educational institutions. What should I do?
- What are royalties?
- What do I do if I cannot contact the copyright owner?
- What do we do if we cannot contact the copyright owner?
- What do we do if we wish to use copyright material but cannot locate the copyright owner?
- What if I were commissioned by a government agency to create a work?
- What is the difference between an author and a copyright owner?
- What should I charge for the use of my work?
- What should I do if someone infringes my copyright?
- Who owns copyright in a work commissioned by a government agency?
- Who owns copyright in an oral history?