original works
Not derivative pieces
Original works are creations that originate from their maker rather than being copied, adapted, or derived from existing material.
The term appears frequently in copyright law, where protection extends only to original works of authorship: The court determined the photograph was an original work deserving copyright protection.
In art and scholarship, original works are distinguished from reproductions, translations, or secondary sources: The museum houses several original works by Rembrandt.
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- colorVisual hue property
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- essayShort argumentative prose work
graphic design · patent · invention · installation art · authorship · memoir · trademark · seminal · trade secret · genesis · from scratch · opus · screenplay · infringement · anthology · royalties · novel · licensing agreement
- stage showsplays, musicals, dramas, comedies, tragedies
- art collectiblesoil paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings, bronzes
- Art Copyrightcopyright, artistic rights, artist rights, reproduction rights, infringement
- art marketauction, art prints, art dealer, limited editions, art sale
- copyrightcopyright, copyright law, copyright act, copyright office, copyright notice
- doujinshifan comics, circles, circle, parodies, anthologies
original worksreproductions
Copies of originals
copies · forgeries · counterfeits · replicas · fakes
original workscovers
Puts over, hides
derivative works · adaptations · remakes · reworkings · reinterpretations