Copyright is automatic and protects your work from unauthorised usage. 

There is no copyright in:

• an idea
• factual information
• data
• headlines
• research.

The length of copyright depends on the nature of the resource. Copyright laws are complex and there can be multiple layers.

The creator of a work is automatically entitled to moral rights, which include the right to:

• be identified as the author/creator
• object to derogatory treatment of their work
• privacy of certain photographs and films
• object to false attribution of a work.