HELP US!GOD HELP US!Please help us.
You came to this page expecting copyright assistance, and technically, yes, we can explain that copyright protects original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression.
We can also explain that ideas themselves are not protected, which is why you cannot copyright “a movie about a talking dog who solves crimes”—
even if you wrote it on three napkins at Chili’s.
But honestly?
Forget all that for a second.
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY HIRING?
Linda from Records hasn’t had a weekend without backlog panic since 2007.
Greg from Intake now reflexively screams whenever someone says, “I have a great idea for a trademark.”
Cheryl processed 14,000 registration forms last year and now communicates exclusively through circulars and Federal Register citations.
We are trapped here by mortgages, lease payments, HVAC repair bills, and children somehow attending colleges that cost more than Marvel movie budgets.
And yes, before you ask:
No, mailing a copy to yourself is not a substitute for registration.
No, copyright does not protect facts, titles, names, or “the concept.”
And yes, your copyright generally exists automatically once the work is fixed in tangible form.
Which means every person with a ring light and a podcast now sends us 900 pages of questions a day.
Please. If your cousin owns a law firm, a car wash, a bait shop, literally anything—
CALL US.
PLEASE.