copyright holder
Intellectual property owner
A copyright holder is the person or entity that owns the legal rights to a creative work—the author, artist, publisher, or whoever has acquired those rights.
The copyright holder controls reproduction, distribution, and adaptation: Contact the copyright holder for permission to reprint.
Also called copyright owner.
- ownerHolder of title
- licensorOne granting usage rights
- exclusive rightsProtected singular ownership claims
- all rights reservedLegal claim on content
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
license agreement · patentee · heir · copy · assignee · contract · intellectual property · book · film rights · estate · author · work-for-hire · titleholder · registrant · trustee · derivative works · beneficiary · creator
- intellectual propertypatents, patent, trademark, trademarks, copyrights
- Book Creditsauthor name, byline, pen name, pseudonym, ghost writer
- Rightsholderspatentee, licensor, assignee, titleholder, registrant
- copyrightinfringement, public domain, fair use, reproduction rights, exclusive rights
- IP lawpatent, trademark, patents, trademarks, patent law
- ownershomeowner, homeowners, landowner, landlords, business owner
copyright holderlicensee
Holder of granted rights
end user · audience · reader · viewer · subscriber
copyright holderpublic domain
Unprotected creative works
creative commons · open source · copyleft · common heritage · commons