This is basically correct -- copyright arises upon fixation of the work in a tangible medium of expression. Presentations are only subject to copyright if they are somehow fixed or recorded. I'm not quite certain how this bears on the Turitin question -- maybe the point is that students hold copyright to their works upon fixation. DLB On Mar 10 2007, William Bain wrote:

I was recently advised by an online publication that copyright is immediately generated on production of a work. According to my informant, doing the legal paperwork, etc. to secure a copyright is simply to prevent misunderstandings (to say the least) at some later date when someone else might use your work. I don't know how this applies to talks or presentations given at conferences, but it seems like an interesting though maybe complicated point. But this is my lay understanding and there seems to be pretty good evidence for its being true, since many physical publications at least note whether they or their authors keep copyright on publication. Best regards, Will

William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

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