Is copyright protection automatic?

No, copyright protection is not automatic in the state of Arizona. Copyright is a form of intellectual property that protects an original work like a poem, a song, a book, a photograph, or a website. Copyright protection gives the creator of the work exclusive rights to use and distribute the work. In the state of Arizona, the law states that the creator of the work must register with the U.S. Copyright Office before they can be protected under federal copyright law. Even if the work is already published, the creator must submit an application and pay a fee to the Copyright Office before the work is protected. In addition, the creator of the work must include a copyright notice on the work along with the author’s name and the original publication date. The copyright notice alerts people that the work is protected by copyright law and that it cannot be reproduced or sold without permission from the copyright holder. The duration of copyright protection in the state of Arizona is the life of the author plus 70 years after their death. The copyright law in Arizona also states that the copyright holder may seek to have their work registered with the U.S. Copyright Office even after the work is published, so long as the registration is done within one year after the work is published.

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