1) None, I believe. That's protected material not available to the public; it's like sharing stories over email in that regard.
2) No! Well, again, I don't believe. I think that since they're a private company and there's some sort of confidentiality thing -- I'm guessing -- eh, I'm not actually an authority. There are two people I know who've posted flocked original fiction on LJ and now have books out of that material, though, so you should be just fine.
1) Legally, even if an author posts their work on a billboard in the middle of NYC, they retain the copyright until they assign it elsewhere. Practically speaking, though, once something is on the internet the copyright is compromised because you'd have to track down any would-be thieves and it's a massive hassle and complete waste of time and money.
2) See above. It's still your copyrighted work, but recognize that there is no way to truly protect your work once it's up online, including through e-mail.
3) I wouldn't consider it so, and I doubt very much that the Copyright Office would either, but you can always call them and ask.
I'm not a lawyer, but online copyright is an issue I handle with my job all the time. We put a copyright notice on every page of our site, and other than that just accept that people are going to download and trade the work anyways. They're still pretty good about buying it, though.
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2) No! Well, again, I don't believe. I think that since they're a private company and there's some sort of confidentiality thing -- I'm guessing -- eh, I'm not actually an authority. There are two people I know who've posted flocked original fiction on LJ and now have books out of that material, though, so you should be just fine.
3) Public community, yes, filtered, no.
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2) See above. It's still your copyrighted work, but recognize that there is no way to truly protect your work once it's up online, including through e-mail.
3) I wouldn't consider it so, and I doubt very much that the Copyright Office would either, but you can always call them and ask.
I'm not a lawyer, but online copyright is an issue I handle with my job all the time. We put a copyright notice on every page of our site, and other than that just accept that people are going to download and trade the work anyways. They're still pretty good about buying it, though.
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