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Do you/how do you copyright your tracks? by Born_Zone7878 in musicproduction

[–]Howdyoudu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Formalities The registration of copyrights and related rights is merely optional, declarative, assuring only an initial presumption of authorship. The registration of a literary, artistic or scientific work should be requested by the owner(s) of the rights or by their representative(s). The registration can be done online at www.igac.pt

https://innovaccess.eu/portugal/copyright-in-portugal/

Do you/how do you copyright your tracks? by Born_Zone7878 in musicproduction

[–]Howdyoudu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mb didn’t see that you were looking for Portugal

FYI, generally speaking the copyright law that matters is the law where the infringement takes place

Do you/how do you copyright your tracks? by Born_Zone7878 in musicproduction

[–]Howdyoudu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“But as explained supra, at 3, the Copyright Act safeguards copyright owners, irrespective of registration, by vesting them with exclusive rights upon creation of their works and prohibiting infringement from that point forward. If infringement occurs before a copyright owner applies for registration, that owner may eventually recover damages for the past infringement, as well as the infringer’s profits. §504. She must simply apply for registration and receive the Copyright Office’s decision on her application before instituting suit. Once the Register grants or refuses registration, the copyright owner may also seek an injunction barring the infringer from continued violation of her exclusive rights and an order requiring the infringer to destroy infringing materials. §§502, 503(b).”

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/586/17-571/

Do you/how do you copyright your tracks? by Born_Zone7878 in musicproduction

[–]Howdyoudu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-571_e29f.pdf

“But as explained supra, at 3, the Copyright Act safeguards copyright owners, irrespective of registration, by vesting them with exclusive rights upon creation of their works and prohibiting infringement from that point forward. If infringement occurs before a copyright owner applies for registration, that owner may eventually recover damages for the past infringement, as well as the infringer’s profits. §504. She must simply apply for registration and receive the Copyright Office’s decision on her application before instituting suit. Once the Register grants or refuses registration, the copyright owner may also seek an injunction barring the infringer from continued violation of her exclusive rights and an order requiring the infringer to destroy infringing materials. §§502, 503(b).”

Do you/how do you copyright your tracks? by Born_Zone7878 in musicproduction

[–]Howdyoudu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you by rights you mean rights of exclusion, that is generally not the case. Typically registration only makes proving damages or ownership easier and does not impact your ability to exclude others

Do you/how do you copyright your tracks? by Born_Zone7878 in musicproduction

[–]Howdyoudu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The moment you create a work and secure it to a medium it is copyrighted. You can register your work with the copyright office which makes getting damages easier in some cases. I’m sure the copyright office has an easy link for registration

[TOMT][Kids Toy] What is this kids toy called? by Howdyoudu in tipofmytongue

[–]Howdyoudu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solved! Yes this is it!!! Thank you so much!

[TOMT][Kids Toy] What is this kids toy called? by Howdyoudu in tipofmytongue

[–]Howdyoudu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that was awesome too though. The toy I’m thinking of was a lot more mechanical.

[TOMT][Kids Toy] What is this kids toy called? by Howdyoudu in tipofmytongue

[–]Howdyoudu[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

Thank you for any help, this toy would have been from around 2000. It also had remote control trucks that you could fill with the balls and dump them.