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What are copyrights? ©

Copyrights are a way for people, who create or make something, to be
protected from their material or idea being stolen by someone else.
The person who creates or makes something is usually called an author.

The author has to register his material with a agency that specializes
in doing this.  

The next section after copyrights on 

What are the different types of things that can be copyrighted?

Songs/Music, Poems, Books, Magazine Articles, 

What are trademarks?  ™ Are they the same as copyrights?

Trademarks are 

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/Copyrightinfo.html

Asking for Permission

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/Permissionhow.html