copyright
Exclusive authorship rights
Copyright is the legal right to control reproduction and distribution of creative work—books, music, films, software, images.
The creator or rights holder can authorize or prohibit copying: The photograph is protected by copyright.
To copyright something is to secure this protection: She copyrighted her designs.
Copyright infringement is unauthorized use of protected material.
Violation of rights
- fair useLimited copying permitted legally
- litigationLegal dispute process
- licensingGranting official permission
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
damages · statute · precedent · enforcement · plaintiff · defendant · remedies · compliance
Seaborne theft or bootlegging
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
reproduction · distribution · theft · violation · torrent · file sharing · sampling · derivative
Protected singular ownership claims
- holderOne who possesses
- proprietorBusiness holder
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- transferMove between locations
registration · protection · monopoly · control · entitlement · duration · expiration · renewal
One who produces something
- writerCreator of texts
- composerCreator of musical works
- songwriterOne who composes music
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
novelist · screenwriter · poet · artist · photographer · developer · originator · attribution
Organized auditory art
- filmMovie or coating
- literatureBody of written works
- photographyCreating images from light
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
artwork · novel · screenplay · composition · recording · broadcast · publication · manuscript
End of validity
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- Creative CommonsNonprofit providing sharing licenses
- open sourcePublicly accessible code
- royalty-freeNo per-use payments
commons · abandonware · uncopyrightable · facts · ideas · Gutenberg · archive · lapsed
infringement
Violation of rights
- fair useLimited copying permitted legally
- litigationLegal dispute process
- licensingGranting official permission
royalties · damages · statute · precedent · enforcement · plaintiff · defendant · remedies · compliance · prosecution
piracy
Seaborne theft or bootlegging
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
unauthorized · reproduction · distribution · theft · violation · torrent · file sharing · sampling · derivative · willful
exclusive rights
Protected singular ownership claims
- holderOne who possesses
- proprietorBusiness holder
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
transfer · registration · protection · monopoly · control · entitlement · duration · expiration · renewal · inheritance
creator
One who produces something
- writerCreator of texts
- composerCreator of musical works
- songwriterOne who composes music
playwright · novelist · screenwriter · poet · artist · photographer · developer · originator · attribution · pseudonym
music
Organized auditory art
- filmMovie or coating
- literatureBody of written works
- photographyCreating images from light
software · artwork · novel · screenplay · composition · recording · broadcast · publication · manuscript · lyrics
expiration
End of validity
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- Creative CommonsNonprofit providing sharing licenses
- open sourcePublicly accessible code
royalty-free · commons · abandonware · uncopyrightable · facts · ideas · Gutenberg · archive · lapsed · forfeited
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- English Lawbarristers, solicitors, solicitor, High Court, Crown Court
- intellectual propertypatents, patent, trademark, trademarks, IP rights
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- US Lawattorney, lawyer, lawsuit, jury, federal court
- Art Copyrightartistic rights, artist rights, reproduction rights, infringement, fair use
copyrightpublic domain
Unprotected creative works
copyleft · uncopyrighted · open source · Creative Commons · open access
copyrightanti-copyright
Opposition to intellectual ownership
open access · sharing · piracy · intellectual freedom · gift economy
- copyright enforcementDefending ownership of creative works
- copyright violationUnauthorized use of protected material
- copyright infringementUnauthorized use of protected works
- copyright issuesLegal conflicts over ownership
- copyright lawsRules governing creative ownership
- copyright claimAssertion of creative ownership
copyrights, copyrighted, copyrighting, copyrightable, copyright infringement