Extemporaneous Copyright

Paraphrased from the website of the United States Copyright Office: Copyright is a portion of intellectual property law, protecting the original works of authorship -- including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works (e.g., poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture among other forms). It does not protect facts, ideas, systems or methods of operation, even if it may protect the way they are expressed. A person may express their ideas in writing or drawings and claim copyright in the description, but copyright will not protect an idea itself as revealed in the written or artistic work. The original authorship on a website may be protected by copyright, including writings, artwork, photographs, and other forms of authorship. Note that publication is not necessary for copyright protection.

This website, including any and all original works of authorship covered under international copyright law, are Copyright © Blaine William Schmidt, 2002-2014, with all rights reserved. Any portions of the website previously copyrighted or developed by other authors are not included.

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