Copyright Law
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Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights. It is an intellectual property form (like the patent, the trademark, and the trade secret) applicable to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete. Copyright initially was conceived as a way for government to restrict printing; the contemporary intent of copyright is to promote the creation of new works by giving authors control of and profit from them. Copyrights are said to be territorial, which means that they do not extend beyond the territory of a specific state unless that state is a party to an international agreement. Today, however, this is less relevant since most countries are parties to at least one such agreement. While many aspects of national copyright laws have been standardized through international copyright agreements, copyright laws of most countries have some unique features. Typically, the duration of copyright is the whole life of the creator plus fifty to a hundred years from the creator's death, or a finite period for anonymous or corporate creations. Some jurisdictions have required formalities to establishing copyright, but most recognize copyright in any completed work, without formal registration. Generally, copyright is enforced as a civil matter, though some jurisdictions do apply criminal sanctions. Most jurisdictions recognize copyright limitations, allowing "fair" exceptions to the creator's exclusivity of copyright, and giving users certain rights. The development of digital media and computer network technologies have prompted reinterpretation of these exceptions, introduced new difficulties in enforcing copyright, and inspired additional challenges to copyright law's philosophic basis. Simultaneously, businesses with great economic dependence upon copyright have advocated the extension and expansion of their copy rights, and sought additional legal and technological enforcement. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Matching Results for Copyright Law:copyright infringement(copyright law) The unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the ... uncopyrightable That for which no one can obtain copyright. 1984, MJ Touponse, "Application of Copyright Law to Computer Operating System Programs: Apple Computer, Inc. ... derivative work (law) In copyright law, a work that is a variation of an original work sufficiently similar to contain ... Under United States copyright law, 17 U.S.C. ยง 101, a derivative work ... From Wiktionary under the
GNU Free Documentation License Matching Results for Copyright Law:Lawrence LessigNow it was unregulated because copyright law only covered "printing. ... And copyright law granted this protection for the limited time of 14 years. ... Copyright Copyright is monopoly, and produces all the effects which the general ... Great masses of capital will be constantly employed in the violation of the law. ... Cory Doctorow ... and science fiction author in favor of liberalizing copyright laws. ... Pwned: How copyright turns us all into IP serfs (February 22, 2007, UNC iBiblio) There's something to the ... From Wikiquote under the
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