I have been reading a lot of documents but I'm not sure if I'm getting it right. Software is registered under literary works in US law. It also said there that any literary work is protected by copyright upon its creation. I just want to know if let's say someone releases software for profit that has not been registered for copyright with the US Copyright office, is his work protected by copyright law?
If not, is the license agreement provided with the software enough to protect his work from others copying it?
Is software that has not been registered with the US Copyright Office protected by copyright laws?
All creative work, including software, is copyrighted from the moment it is created. No registration, notice, or license is necessary.
Reply:Rather than try to give an extensive answer here, I would suggest you go to this site and look around a bit: http://www.copyright.gov/
The answers to this (and other copyright questions) should be there.
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