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Definition: Copyright from The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management

Legal protection for the owner or originator of an original work, which extends to licensing the work for use by others. Copyright covers many forms of Intellectual property, including books, artwork, drama, film, media broadcasts, speeches, magazine articles, and music compositions and performances, as well as computer programs. Protection is granted by the copyright acts in various countries, as well as the International Copyright Convention, and extends beyond a country's borders. Terms vary worldwide, but in the U.S., copyright protection lasts for 75 years beyond the author's lifetime.

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From Encyclopedia of Journalism
Copyright is a legal protection of expressions that are fixed in tangible media. Copyright describes, for example, an author's right to reproduce a book manuscript, an artist's right to duplicate his painting, or a musician's right to perform an original score. Copyright is part of a family of legal interests loosely termed intellectual property , which also includes trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Origins Civilizations dating to ancient Egypt have inscribed unique marks on physical objects, such as bricks, to indicate ownership or craftsmanship. Greeks first used marks to indicate a creator's association with more cerebral products, such as art and literature. Romans further distinguished an author's right of ownership from an alienable right to reproduce a work. Chinese as early as the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 200) recognized an exclusive legal right to reproduce written works. But intellectual property notions in ancient Eastern cultures developed less fully than in the…
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From World of Criminal Justice, Gale
Copyright is the right of a creator to retain exclusive control over the reproduction, publication, and use of creative expressions which have been fixed in print, video, film, or other media. Once a work is in a usable form it retains federal copyright protection. A final draft of a play can be…
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From Collins Dictionary of Business
the legal ownership by persons or businesses of certain kinds of material, in particular original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work; sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cable programmes; the typographical arrangement or layout of a published edition; and computer programs. In the UK, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
right granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary, artistic, and musical productions whereby for a limited period of time he or she controls the use of the product. The work may be reproduced by the individual or by another licensed to do so by the individual. Royalties are…
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From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education
Copyright refers to the exclusive legal right to publish, distribute, and sell literary and artistic work, which is granted to a creator for a period of years and can be assigned to others. The copyright sign (©) which usually appears on the title verso, or copyright page, of most publications is…
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From Encyclopedia of American Literature Full text Article Volume 2
The concept of copyright in the United States derives from the Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, which states that the Congress shall have power “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their…
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From Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present Full text Article A-Z Entries
Legal right granted to the creators of literary or artistic works to protect their exclusive ownership and proceeds accruing from it. The laws governing copyright protection, especially in the United States, have been revised several times over the years. The origins and development of copyright law…
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From The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media
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Copyright is a legal sanction that grants monopoly rights to individual or corporate content producers with regard to the use of their productions. Copyright may include a producer's right to be identified as the author of her work, her right to control that work's distribution (commercial or…
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Definition of Copyright A copyright is an intangible right granted by statute to the originator of certain literary or artistic productions, including authors, artists, musicians, composers, and publishers, among others. For a limited period of time, copyright owners are given the exclusive…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Law applying to literary, musical, and artistic works (including plays, recordings, films, photographs, radio and television broadcasts, and, in the USA and the UK, computer programs), which prevents the reproduction of the work, in whole or in part, without the author's consent. It is the exclusive…
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From Key Concepts in Public Relations
All unique literary and artistic work in English law is automatically covered by copyright. It is not necessary to register copyright as it is with patents and trademarks, though it may be necessary to prove the date of creation in order to enforce the right. Copyright covers writing, painting, …
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