Copyright protection is automatic from the moment of creation of a work, no registration is required.
Both economic and moral (personal) rights of the author are protected. Economic rights can be either licensed or assigned, author’s moral rights can only be licensed.
Author’s rights belong to the person who created the work according to the law. In some specific cases provided by the law certain author’s economic rights are transferred (e.g. to employer). Both economic and moral (personal) rights of the author are protected. Economic rights can be either licensed or assigned, author’s moral rights can only be licensed.