Yes. However, you may want to review the following - (read the info if you're interested in this, otherwise, don't neg me people). WHO CAN CLAIM COPYRIGHT? Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of [the author who created the work]. Only the author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully claim copyright. In the case of "works made for hire", the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author. Section 101 of the copyright law defines a “work made for hire” as: any work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or any work specially ordered or commissioned for use as: - - a contribution to a collective work - - a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work - - a translation - - a supplementary work - - a compilation - - an instructional text - - a test - - answer material for a test - - an atlas - - if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire. The authors of a joint work are co-owners of the copyright in the work, unless there is an agreement to the contrary (in other words - one of them cannot 'steal' the work, by copywriting it). Copyright in each separate contribution to a periodical (a magazine) or other collective work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole and vests initially with the author of the contribution. (so, if someone what's their article protected, they need to file a copywrite. Also, copywrite of a magazine does not protect individual articles or steal rights from the authors of the articles the magazine includes). TWO GENERAL PRINCIPLES POSSESSION DOES NOT TRANSFER RIGHTS Mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any other copy or phonorecord does NOT give the possessor the copyright. The law provides that transfer of ownership of any material object that embodies a protected work does not of itself convey any rights in the copyright. A CHILD CAN OWN A COPYRIGHT (parents cannot lay claim to work) Minors may claim copyright, but state laws may regulate the business dealings involving copyrights owned by minors. For information on relevant state laws, consult an attorney. ON COPYRIGHT AND NATION ORIGIN OF WORK (Where the work was created) Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, regardless of the nationality or domicile of the author. Published works are eligible for copyright protection in the United States if any one of the following conditions is met: - - On the date of first publication, one or more of the authors is [basically a US citizen, or someone living in the US - for specifics, see original doc) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED? Copyright protects “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories: literary works; - musical works, including any accompanying words - dramatic works, including any accompanying music - pantomimes and choreographic works - pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works - motion pictures and other audiovisual works - sound recordings - architectural works These categories should be viewed broadly. For example, computer programs and most “compilations” may be registered as “literary works”; maps and architectural plans may be registered as “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT? Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others: - Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or recorded) - Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents - Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, [as distinguished from a description, explanation, or illustration]. - Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources) http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wwp

Generally, no. A description uses general terms, which would normally lack originality.