510: Copyright Basics and Mistakes: Think Ahead, Protect Your Intellectual Property, and Be Proactive with Barbara Ingrassia

What this episode covers

Barbara Ingrassia from Manage Copyright is a Certified Copyright Manager, Speaker and Trainer. She has a passion for raising awareness of the role of copyright in our daily lives. We are all Consumers and Creators of copyright-protected works, and understanding some copyright basics can help us achieve our goals and avoid unpleasant surprises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRp9nWqkw_s Quotes:                                                                                                                                    “Copyright exists when you have something original, an original work that exhibits some creativity and is fixed in a tangible medium.” – Barbara Ingrassia “We need to assume that anything is protected by copyright until we can determine otherwise.” – Barbara Ingrassia “Just because it was there for us to see doesn't mean we can take it and use it, which seems kind of counterintuitive, but that's the way copyright works.” – Barbara Ingrassia Takeaways: 03:45 Copyright protection starts automatically when you create an original work fixed in a tangible medium. 16:09 Just because content is easy to copy online doesn't mean it's legal to use without permission. 18:06 Always assume internet content is copyrighted until you can prove otherwise. 21:03 Registering valuable creative works with the US Copyright Office provides additional legal protection. 21:56 Social media platforms like Facebook have complex terms that grant them broad rights to use your content. Resources 10 Biggest Copyright Mistakes e-book (Free E-Book) Manage Copyright (Official Site) Barbara Ingrassia (LinkedIn) Barbara Ingrassia (Facebook) Visit Manage Copyright to Discover the 10 Biggest Copyright Mistakes