copyright violation
Stealing creative work
Copyright violation is the unauthorized use of material protected by copyright—reproducing, distributing, or performing creative works without permission from the rights holder.
The term covers everything from photocopying entire books to downloading pirated movies: The website was shut down for copyright violation.
Also called copyright infringement.
- infringementViolation of rights
- takedown noticeDemand to delete material
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- ripped offDefrauded or overcharged
- torrentingPeer-to-peer file transfer
pirate bay · piracy · copy · counterfeit goods · licensing · steal · bootleg · Napster · watermarking · digital rights · remix culture · theft · DMCA · revenue loss · market disruption · creative work · breach of contract · file sharing
- intellectual propertypatents, patent, trademark, trademarks, copyrights
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- copyingcopying, copy, plagiarism, repeating, duplicating
- speech crimesdefamation, libel, slander, hate speech, incitement
- minor offensesminor offense, white lie, petty offense, fib, jaywalking
- Censored Contentcensored films, banned books, banned films, restricted access, redacted text
copyright violationcopyright protection
Legal rights over original work
copyright violationpublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open source · Creative Commons · royalty-free · copyleft · open access