copyrights
Creative work protections
Copyrights is the plural of copyright—legal protections giving creators exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and profit from their original works.
Literature, music, film, and software all fall under copyright.
The term also works as a verb: She copyrights all her photographs before posting them online.
To infringe copyrights is to use protected material without permission.
Legal rights over inventions
- infringementViolation of rights
- fair useLimited copying permitted legally
- licensingGranting official permission
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
litigation · cease and desist · statute · legislation · jurisdiction · precedent · case law · doctrine
Creator of written works
- creatorOne who produces something
- artistMaker of creative works
- songwriterOne who composes music
- composerCreator of musical works
filmmaker · photographer · illustrator · novelist · playwright · publisher · attribution · royalties
Legal right of possession
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- antipiracyOpposing illegal reproduction
- encryptionConverting data into code
proprietary · exclusivity · confidentiality · safe harbor · takedown notice · piracy · counterfeit · enforcement
intellectual property
Legal rights over inventions
- infringementViolation of rights
- fair useLimited copying permitted legally
- licensingGranting official permission
royalties · litigation · cease and desist · statute · legislation · jurisdiction · precedent · case law · doctrine · public domain
author
Creator of written works
- creatorOne who produces something
- artistMaker of creative works
- songwriterOne who composes music
composer · filmmaker · photographer · illustrator · novelist · playwright · publisher · attribution · royalties · residuals
ownership
Legal right of possession
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- antipiracyOpposing illegal reproduction
encryption · proprietary · exclusivity · confidentiality · safe harbor · takedown notice · piracy · counterfeit · enforcement · Creative Commons
- Congress powersspending power, declare war, impeachment, lawmaking, appropriations
- federal powersdeclare war, interstate commerce, national defense, federal taxes, war powers
- government powersexecutive power, judicial power, legislative power, war powers, police power
- Licensing Termslicense fees, royalties, terms, conditions, exclusivity
- law and economicsantitrust, economic analysis, market regulation, legal frameworks, antitrust law
- assetsproperty, cash, money, investments, bank accounts
copyrightspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open source · creative commons · copyleft · commons · open access
copyrightsopen source
Publicly accessible code
Creative Commons · copyleft · open access · shareware · freeware
- 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