Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Florida
How to copyright a tutorial in the Internet in Spanish?
I need to copyright the entire text and graphics of a tutorial for the Internet, in Spanish, and if possible Portugues, French, Italian, German and Japanes. The English version is done, but I don't know if that would protect my rights if someone copies it in any other language, does it? If it does not, could you tell me please to which organization should I address to copyright in those languages? Once copyrigthed, is it protected for the Internet use alone, or for the print, video, CD Rom etc, as well?
Thank you in advance.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: How to copyright a tutorial in the Internet in Spanish?
Translations of a work constitute "derivative works" under the US Copyright Act. Thus, the simple answer would be:
(1) an unauthorized translation would constitute infringement of the English-language copyright;
(2) you can register translations with the US Copyright Office just as you would register the original work;
(3) with certain exceptions relating to compulsory licensing, the copyright in the work extends to all media.
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