Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Ohio

Re: Derivative works.

Assuming that the original works are indeed protected by copyright, simply making an unauthorized pencil copy of another�s protected work would likely be an infringement. Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to authorize someone else to create, a derivative work.

More Examples of Derivative Works:

Television drama (based on a novel)

Motion picture (based on a play)

Novel in English (a translation of a book originally published in Russian)

Sound recording (long-playing record in which two of the

10 selections were previously published on a 45 rpm single)

Sound recording (long-playing record in which several of the previously released tracks have been remixed with new instrumentation)

Sculpture (based on a drawing)

Drawing (based on a photograph)

Book of maps (based on public domain maps with some new maps)

Lithograph (based on a painting)

Biography of John Doe (which contains journal entries and letters by John Doe)

Drama about John Doe (based on the letters and journal entries of John Doe)

Words and musical arrangement (arrangement is based on a piece by Bach)

Musical arrangement (based on a work by Bach)