What Kind of Original Work is Protected by Copyright Law?

Copyright protects original creative work such as writing, images, music, software, and designs.

To qualify, the work must be original and created by a person, or involve human input in the case of AI-assisted work.

What types of work are protected by copyright?
Copyright protection applies to creative works that are original and fixed in a tangible form.

Examples include:

• AI human-assisted work
• Company logos
• Product logos, photos and marketing material
• Website, app, and game content, design and code
• Blog content
• Songs and music
• Recordings
• Lyrics
• Photos
• Books and audiobooks
• TV and film scripts and dramatic works
• Training or course material
• Poems
• Drawings, illustrations, sculptures and paintings
• Artistic work (2D and 3D)
• Computer software and databases

Protect My Work provides a timestamped digital certificate that helps demonstrate when your work was created and supports your claim of copyright ownership.