copyright holders
Intellectual property owners
Copyright holders are the individuals, companies, or other entities that own the legal rights to creative works—books, music, films, software, images.
They control how their work is reproduced, distributed, and adapted.
The copyright holders sued for unauthorized use of their songs.
A copyright holder may be the original creator or someone who acquired the rights through purchase, inheritance, or contract.
- authorsCreators of written works
- licensorsThose granting usage rights
- filmmakersMotion picture creators
- movie studiosFacilities producing films
- artistsMakers of creative works
photographers · distributors · music industry · royalties · musicians · content creators · publishers · takedown notices · academic papers · licensing agreements · architectural designs · software developers · legal advisors · cease and desist · corporations · designers · educators · researchers
- rights holderslicensors, creators, authors, inventors, composers
- music royaltiesmusic royalties, royalty payments, streaming royalties, music licensing, public performance
- ownershomeowner, homeowners, landowner, landlords, business owner
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
copyright holderspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
pirates · open source · copyleft · Creative Commons · licensees
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