Copyright:

legal protection given to the creator

of literary, musical, dramatic, or
artistic work.

What can be protected by copyright?

photographs Web pages choreography
software books paintings
letters poems graphics
emails articles video games
sound plays songs
recordings movies and more

If somebody created it and you can see it or hear it or pick it up,

Its probably protected by copyright!

Copyright law grants an author or creator of a work

the legal right to control how his/her work may be
used, published, reproduced, sold, repackaged or
distributed.
To legally use a copyright-protected work in any way
other than how the author/creator intended, you must
have permission or follow the Copyright and Fair Use
Guidelines.
By following the Guidelines you may be able to legally
use portions of copyrighted works.