A report on Copyright
Type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
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Berne Convention
10 linksThe Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing copyright, which was first accepted in Berne, Switzerland, in 1886.
Public domain
9 linksThe public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.
The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.
The French poet Alfred de Vigny equated the expiration of copyright with a work falling "into the sink hole of public domain" and if the public domain receives any attention from intellectual property lawyers it is still treated as little more than that which is left when intellectual property rights, such as copyright, patents, and trademarks, expire or are abandoned.
Copyright Act of 1976
6 linksThe Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions.
TRIPS Agreement
6 linksInternational legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
International legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Specifically, TRIPS requires WTO members to provide copyright rights, covering authors and other copyright holders, as well as holders of related rights, namely performers, sound recording producers and broadcasting organisations; geographical indications; industrial designs; integrated circuit layout-designs; patents; new plant varieties; trademarks; trade names and undisclosed or confidential information.
Fair use
4 linksFair use is a doctrine in United States law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder.
Limitations and exceptions to copyright
3 linksLimitations and exceptions to copyright are provisions, in local copyright law or Berne Convention, which allow for copyrighted works to be used without a license from the copyright owner.
Derivative work
3 linksIn copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major copyrightable elements of an original, previously created first work (the underlying work).
Intellectual property
5 linksCategory of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
Category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
The best-known types are copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.
Copyright Term Extension Act
6 linksThe Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act – also known as the Copyright Term Extension Act, Sonny Bono Act, or (derisively) the Mickey Mouse Protection Act – extended copyright terms in the United States in 1998.
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act – also known as the Copyright Term Extension Act, Sonny Bono Act, or (derisively) the Mickey Mouse Protection Act – extended copyright terms in the United States in 1998.
Following the Copyright Act of 1976, copyright would last for the life of the author plus 50 years(or the last surviving author), or 75 years from publication or 100 years from creation,whichever is shorter for a work of corporate authorship (works made for hire)and anonymous and pseudonymous works.
Patent
6 linksType of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Similar grants included land patents, which were land grants by early state governments in the US, and printing patents, a precursor of modern copyright.