Copyright

Copyright protects the original expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves. It is free and automatically safeguards your original works of art, literature, music, films, broadcasts and computer programs from copying and certain other uses. It comes into existence automatically and gives you the right to control and exploit the copying of your original works of art, literature, music, films, broadcasts and computer programs for a period of 60 years. The copyright notice © generally indicates that the work is protected and identifies the copyright owner, although it is not necessary to display this notice for copyright to subsist.