Copyrights are an often ignored, but potentially powerful Intellectual Property asset. Under current law, certain copyrights have been extended, and copyright protection obtained for certain items such as sound recordings and television programs that were broadcast decades ago. Copyrights can be obtained for creations from computer software to architectural plans. Where employees or independent contractors have any involvement (or seeming involvement) in the creative process, it is important that they enter into an agreement clarifying that the copyright is owned by their employer. Additionally, many foreign countries have strict laws concerning “moral rights” which can give an employee who assigned the copyright years ago the right to prevent “mutilation” (i.e., changes such as editing a film to fit into a television time slot). Again such laws require carefully drafted employee/independent contractor agreements.