copyright
Sign in to saveA copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subjected to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fair use doctrine in the United States and fair dealing doctrine in the United Kingdom.
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A copyright is a legal right that gives creators exclusive control over copying, sharing, adapting, and performing their creative works—whether those works are books, art, music, or educational materials—typically for a set period of time. This protection is meant to safeguard the original expression of ideas rather than the ideas themselves, though it's balanced by rules like fair use that allow limited use of copyrighted material in the public interest.
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35 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Conception
- National copyrights
- Continental law
- International copyright treaties
- Obtaining protection
- Ownership
- Eligible works
- Originality
- Registration
- Fixing
- Copyright notice
- Publisher's copyright
- Enforcement
- Self-enforcement measures
- Copyright infringement
- Rights granted
- Economic rights
- Moral rights
- Limitations and exceptions
- Idea–expression dichotomy and the merger doctrine
- The first-sale doctrine and exhaustion of rights
- Fair use and fair dealing
- Accessible copies
- Religious Service Exemption
- Useful articles
- <span class="anchor" id="Transfer and licensing, and assignment"></span> Transfer, assignment and licensing
- Free licenses
- Criticism
- Public domain
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subjected to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fair use doctrine in the United States and fair dealing doctrine in the United Kingdom.
Some jurisdictions require "fixing" copyrighted works in a tangible form. It is often shared among multiple authors, each of whom holds a set of rights to use or license the work, and who are commonly referred to as rights holders. These rights normally include reproduction, control over derivative works, distribution, public performance, and moral rights such as attribution.